#497AEF#497AEF

#497AEF is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.184 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#497AEF
RGBrgb(73, 122, 239)
HSLhsl(222, 84%, 61%)
HSVhsv(222, 69%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(69.5%, 49%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(53.56, 21.72, -63.84)
CIE-LCHlch(53.56, 67.43, 288.79°)
OKLaboklab(60.73% -0.0178 -0.1833)
OKLCHoklch(60.73% 0.184 264.5)
XYZxyz(25.2817, 21.5649, 84.4747)
Luminance0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#497AEF #EFBE49
analogous
#49CDEF #497AEF #6B49EF
triadic
#497AEF #EF497A #7AEF49
tetradic
#497AEF #EF49CD #EFBE49 #49EF6B
square
#497AEF #EF49CD #EFBE49 #49EF6B
split-complementary
#497AEF #EF6B49 #CDEF49
monochromatic
#0F3EAE #1452E7 #497AEF #81A3F4 #BACCF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95
#497AEF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31
#497AEF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497AEF
5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##497AEF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##497AEF1.003.955.315.31
#FFFFFF3.951.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3121.001.001.00
##0000005.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3788F3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0079ED
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0096A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #497aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.184 264.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9ff5',
    500: '#497aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #497aef;
$custom-light: #8e9ff5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#497aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.289,
    "s": 83.838,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60726,
    "c": 0.18412,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#497AEF
secondary
#E9D7AB
accent
#A005E0
background
#F9F9FF
surface
#F2F2FE
border
#CCCCD6
text
#0E0E17
muted
#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #497AEF

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