#497ACA#497ACA

#497ACA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.134 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497ACA
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 202)
HSL	hsl(217, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(217, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 39.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 8.76, -46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 47.31, 280.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% -0.024 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.134 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3641, 19.5979, 58.5753)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497ACA #CA9949

analogous

#49BBCA #497ACA #5949CA

triadic

#497ACA #CA497A #7ACA49

tetradic

#497ACA #CA49BB #CA9949 #49CA59

square

#497ACA #CA49BB #CA9949 #49CA59

split-complementary

#497ACA #CA5949 #BBCA49

monochromatic

#224276 #305DA6 #497ACA #789DD8 #A8BFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#497ACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#497ACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497ACA

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497ACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497ACA	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5681CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4475C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497aca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.134 259.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497aca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.209,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58344,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497ACA

secondary

#D3BE9C

accent

#A64ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497ACA

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

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