#497ADB#497ADB

#497ADB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.157 H 262.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497ADB
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 219)
HSL	hsl(220, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(220, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 44.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, 14.68, -54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 56.53, 285.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.0207 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.157 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4889, 20.4478, 69.7657)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497ADB #DBAA49

analogous

#49C3DB #497ADB #6149DB

triadic

#497ADB #DB497A #7ADB49

tetradic

#497ADB #DB49C3 #DBAA49 #49DB61

square

#497ADB #DB49C3 #DBAA49 #49DB61

split-complementary

#497ADB #DB6149 #C3DB49

monochromatic

#1C428E #265AC1 #497ADB #7C9FE5 #AFC5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#497ADB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#497ADB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497ADB

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497ADB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497ADB	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B84DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3177D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0090A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497adb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.157 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9fe7',
    500: '#497adb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497adb;
$custom-light: #8b9fe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497adb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.863,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59397,
    "c": 0.15742,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497ADB

secondary

#DDCAA2

accent

#B03EEA

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497ADB

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

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