#496ec3

Color #496ec3

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.99 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#496ec3

RGB

rgb(73, 110, 195)

HSL

hsl(221.8, 50.4%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.8, 62.6%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.6%, 43.6%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(47.63, 13.76, -48.45)

LCH

lch(47.63, 50.37, 285.85)

OKLCH

oklch(55.3%, 0.1388, 264.59)

HWB

hwb(221.8, 28.6%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c39e49

Analogous

#49abc3

#496ec3

#6149c3

Triadic

#496ec3

#c3496e

#6ec349

Split-complementary

#496ec3

#c36149

#abc349

Tetradic

#496ec3

#9e49c3

#c39e49

#6ec349

Square

#496ec3

#c349ab

#c39e49

#49c361

Shades

Color #496ec3 mixed toward black.

#3759a8

#2c4886

#213665

#162443

#0b1222

Tints

Color #496ec3 mixed toward white.

#6786cd

#869ed7

#a4b6e1

#c2cfeb

#e1e7f5

Tones

Color #496ec3 mixed toward gray.

#5372b9

#5d76af

#677aa4

#727e9a

#7c8290

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.3:1

White text reads better on this background (4.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5cb3 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#5956af · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#4ba5a2 · ΔE 31.9

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #496ec3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#496ec3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#496ec3 (#496ec3) is rgb(73, 110, 195) in RGB.

No, #496ec3 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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