#497AE2#497AE2

#497AE2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.167 H 263.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497AE2
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 226)
HSL	hsl(221, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(221, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 46%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 17.14, -57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 60.35, 286.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% -0.0195 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.167 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4298, 20.8242, 74.7215)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497AE2 #E2B149

analogous

#49C7E2 #497AE2 #6449E2

triadic

#497AE2 #E2497A #7AE249

tetradic

#497AE2 #E249C7 #E2B149 #49E264

square

#497AE2 #E249C7 #E2B149 #49E264

split-complementary

#497AE2 #E26449 #C7E249

monochromatic

#184198 #2158CD #497AE2 #7EA1EA #B3C7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#497AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#497AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497AE2

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497AE2	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4585E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2577E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0092A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.167 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9fec',
    500: '#497ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ae2;
$custom-light: #8c9fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.784,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59851,
    "c": 0.16683,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497AE2

secondary

#E2CEA5

accent

#B539EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497AE2

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

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