#497AC9#497AC9

#497AC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.133 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497AC9
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 201)
HSL	hsl(217, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(217, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 39.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 8.41, -46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 46.77, 280.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% -0.0242 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.133 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2461, 19.5507, 57.9537)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497AC9 #C99849

analogous

#49BAC9 #497AC9 #5849C9

triadic

#497AC9 #C9497A #7AC949

tetradic

#497AC9 #C949BA #C99849 #49C958

square

#497AC9 #C949BA #C99849 #49C958

split-complementary

#497AC9 #C95849 #BAC949

monochromatic

#234275 #315DA4 #497AC9 #789CD7 #A7BFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#497AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#497AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497AC9

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497AC9	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5781CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4575C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.133 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a0da',
    500: '#497ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ac9;
$custom-light: #88a0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.031,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58284,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497AC9

secondary

#D2BD9C

accent

#A54ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497AC9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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