#497AD7#497AD7

#497AD7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.152 H 261.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497AD7
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 215)
HSL	hsl(219, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(219, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 43.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.11, 13.28, -52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.11, 54.36, 284.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% -0.0214 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.152 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9686, 20.2397, 67.0257)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497AD7 #D7A649

analogous

#49C1D7 #497AD7 #5F49D7

triadic

#497AD7 #D7497A #7AD749

tetradic

#497AD7 #D749C1 #D7A649 #49D75F

square

#497AD7 #D749C1 #D7A649 #49D75F

split-complementary

#497AD7 #D75F49 #C1D749

monochromatic

#1E4288 #295BBA #497AD7 #7B9FE2 #ADC3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#497AD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#497AD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497AD7

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497AD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497AD7	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E83DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3676D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.152 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9fe4',
    500: '#497ad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ad7;
$custom-light: #8a9fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.296,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59143,
    "c": 0.15203,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497AD7

secondary

#DBC7A1

accent

#AE41E7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497AD7

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

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