#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
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 225)
HSL	hsl(221, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(221, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 45.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, 16.79, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 59.81, 286.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0197 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.165 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2930, 20.7695, 74.0009)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##497AE1	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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