#496ff5

Color #496ff5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 8.03 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#496ff5

RGB

rgb(73, 111, 245)

HSL

hsl(226.7, 89.6%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.7, 70.2%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.2%, 54.7%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(51.12, 30.64, -71.13)

LCH

lch(51.12, 77.45, 293.3)

OKLCH

oklch(59%, 0.2051, 267.65)

HWB

hwb(226.7, 28.6%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f5cf49

Analogous

#49c5f5

#496ff5

#7949f5

Triadic

#496ff5

#f5496f

#6ff549

Split-complementary

#496ff5

#f57949

#c5f549

Tetradic

#496ff5

#cf49f5

#f5cf49

#6ff549

Square

#496ff5

#f549c5

#f5cf49

#49f579

Shades

Color #496ff5 mixed toward black.

#1748f2

#0b35c9

#082897

#061b65

#030d32

Tints

Color #496ff5 mixed toward white.

#6887f7

#869ff8

#a4b7fa

#c2cffc

#e1e7fd

Tones

Color #496ff5 mixed toward gray.

#5877e7

#667fd8

#7487ca

#828fbc

#9197ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.88:1

Black 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

#5c5cde · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#5a57d8 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#4bc9c4 · ΔE 40.4

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 28.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #496ff5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#496ff5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#496ff5 (#496ff5) is rgb(73, 111, 245) in RGB.

No, #496ff5 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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