#497AE1#497AE1

#497AE1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.165 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#497AE1
RGBrgb(73, 122, 225)
HSLhsl(221, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(221, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 45.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(52.70, 16.79, -57.40)
CIE-LCHlch(52.70, 59.81, 286.31°)
OKLaboklab(59.79% -0.0197 -0.1643)
OKLCHoklch(59.79% 0.165 263.2)
XYZxyz(23.2930, 20.7695, 74.0009)
Luminance0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#497AE1 #E1B049
analogous
#49C6E1 #497AE1 #6449E1
triadic
#497AE1 #E1497A #7AE149
tetradic
#497AE1 #E149C6 #E1B049 #49E164
square
#497AE1 #E149C6 #E1B049 #49E164
split-complementary
#497AE1 #E16449 #C6E149
monochromatic
#194197 #2258CB #497AE1 #7EA0EA #B2C7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07
#497AE1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15
#497AE1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497AE1
5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##497AE1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##497AE11.004.075.155.15
#FFFFFF4.071.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1521.001.001.00
##0000005.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4685E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2777DF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0092A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #497ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.165 263.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9feb',
    500: '#497ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #497ae1;
$custom-light: #8c9feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#497ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.658,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59786,
    "c": 0.16548,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#497AE1
secondary
#E1CEA5
accent
#B439EE
background
#F9F9FE
surface
#F2F2FD
border
#CCCCD5
text
#0D0E16
muted
#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497AE1

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#497AE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva