#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
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 217)
HSL	hsl(220, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(220, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 43.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 13.98, -53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 55.44, 284.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% -0.021 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.155 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2271, 20.3431, 68.3874)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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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
##497AD9	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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