#497ADE#497ADE

#497ADE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.161 H 262.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497ADE
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 222)
HSL	hsl(220, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(220, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 45%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, 15.74, -56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 58.17, 285.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% -0.0202 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.161 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8873, 20.6072, 71.8645)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497ADE #DEAD49

analogous

#49C5DE #497ADE #6249DE

triadic

#497ADE #DE497A #7ADE49

tetradic

#497ADE #DE49C5 #DEAD49 #49DE62

square

#497ADE #DE49C5 #DEAD49 #49DE62

split-complementary

#497ADE #DE6249 #C5DE49

monochromatic

#1A4292 #2459C6 #497ADE #7DA0E7 #B1C6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#497ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#497ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497ADE

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497ADE	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4885E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C77DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0091A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.161 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9fe9',
    500: '#497ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ade;
$custom-light: #8b9fe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.268,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5959,
    "c": 0.16146,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497ADE

secondary

#DFCCA4

accent

#B23CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497ADE

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

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