#497AE0#497AE0

#497AE0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.164 H 263.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497AE0
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 224)
HSL	hsl(221, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(221, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 45.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, 16.44, -56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 59.26, 286.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0198 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.164 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1570, 20.7150, 73.2846)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497AE0 #E0AF49

analogous

#49C5E0 #497AE0 #6349E0

triadic

#497AE0 #E0497A #7AE049

tetradic

#497AE0 #E049C5 #E0AF49 #49E063

square

#497AE0 #E049C5 #E0AF49 #49E063

split-complementary

#497AE0 #E06349 #C5E049

monochromatic

#194295 #2259C9 #497AE0 #7DA0E9 #B2C6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#497AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#497AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497AE0

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497AE0	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4785E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2977DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0092A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.164 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9fea',
    500: '#497ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ae0;
$custom-light: #8c9fea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.53,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5972,
    "c": 0.16415,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497AE0

secondary

#E0CDA4

accent

#B33AEE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497AE0

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

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