#497AD9#497AD9

#497AD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.155 H 262.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#497AD9
RGBrgb(73, 122, 217)
HSLhsl(220, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(220, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 43.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(52.22, 13.98, -53.65)
CIE-LCHlch(52.22, 55.44, 284.61°)
OKLaboklab(59.27% -0.021 -0.1533)
OKLCHoklch(59.27% 0.155 262.2)
XYZxyz(22.2271, 20.3431, 68.3874)
Luminance0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#497AD9 #D9A849
analogous
#49C2D9 #497AD9 #6049D9
triadic
#497AD9 #D9497A #7AD949
tetradic
#497AD9 #D949C2 #D9A849 #49D960
square
#497AD9 #D949C2 #D9A849 #49D960
split-complementary
#497AD9 #D96049 #C2D949
monochromatic
#1D428B #285ABD #497AD9 #7C9FE4 #AEC4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14
#497AD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07
#497AD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497AD9
5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##497AD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##497AD91.004.145.075.07
#FFFFFF4.141.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0721.001.001.00
##0000005.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4C84DD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3476D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00909F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #497ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.155 262.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9fe5',
    500: '#497ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #497ad9;
$custom-light: #8a9fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#497ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.583,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59269,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#497AD9
secondary
#DCC8A2
accent
#AF3FE8
background
#F9F9FE
surface
#F1F2FC
border
#CBCCD5
text
#0D0E16
muted
#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497AD9

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#497AD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva