#497AD5#497AD5

#497AD5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.149 H 261.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497AD5
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 213)
HSL	hsl(219, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(219, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 42.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 12.58, -51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 53.27, 283.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% -0.0217 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.149 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7132, 20.1375, 65.6805)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497AD5 #D5A449

analogous

#49C0D5 #497AD5 #5E49D5

triadic

#497AD5 #D5497A #7AD549

tetradic

#497AD5 #D549C0 #D5A449 #49D55E

square

#497AD5 #D549C0 #D5A449 #49D55E

split-complementary

#497AD5 #D55E49 #C0D549

monochromatic

#1F4285 #2A5BB7 #497AD5 #7B9EE0 #ACC3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#497AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#497AD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497AD5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497AD5	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F83D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3976D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.149 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9fe2',
    500: '#497ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ad5;
$custom-light: #8a9fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59017,
    "c": 0.14933,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497AD5

secondary

#DAC6A0

accent

#AC42E6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497AD5

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

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