#497ACC#497ACC

#497ACC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.137 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497ACC
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 204)
HSL	hsl(218, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(218, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 40.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, 9.45, -47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 48.39, 281.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0235 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.137 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6024, 19.6932, 59.8305)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497ACC #CC9B49

analogous

#49BCCC #497ACC #5A49CC

triadic

#497ACC #CC497A #7ACC49

tetradic

#497ACC #CC49BC #CC9B49 #49CC5A

square

#497ACC #CC49BC #CC9B49 #49CC5A

split-complementary

#497ACC #CC5A49 #BCCC49

monochromatic

#224279 #2F5DA9 #497ACC #799DD9 #A9C0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#497ACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#497ACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497ACC

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497ACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497ACC	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5581CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4275CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497acc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.137 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a0dc',
    500: '#497acc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497acc;
$custom-light: #88a0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497acc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.557,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58464,
    "c": 0.13714,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497ACC

secondary

#D4BF9D

accent

#A748E0

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497ACC

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

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