#497AEC#497AEC

#497AEC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.180 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497AEC
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 236)
HSL	hsl(222, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(222, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 48.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 20.66, -62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 65.80, 288.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0181 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.18 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8422, 21.3891, 82.1599)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497AEC #ECBB49

analogous

#49CCEC #497AEC #6949EC

triadic

#497AEC #EC497A #7AEC49

tetradic

#497AEC #EC49CC #ECBB49 #49EC69

square

#497AEC #EC49CC #ECBB49 #49EC69

split-complementary

#497AEC #EC6949 #CCEC49

monochromatic

#123FA9 #1754E0 #497AEC #80A2F2 #B8CBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#497AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#497AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497AEC

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497AEC	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B87F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0278EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0095A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.180 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9ff3',
    500: '#497aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497aec;
$custom-light: #8e9ff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.963,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60521,
    "c": 0.18015,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497AEC

secondary

#E7D5A9

accent

#9D08DD

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #497AEC

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

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