#497BC2#497BC2

#497BC2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.123 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BC2
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 194)
HSL	hsl(215, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(215, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 36.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 5.40, -42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 42.49, 277.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% -0.0269 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.123 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5647, 19.4756, 53.7566)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BC2 #C29049

analogous

#49B7C2 #497BC2 #5449C2

triadic

#497BC2 #C2497B #7BC249

tetradic

#497BC2 #C249B7 #C29049 #49C254

square

#497BC2 #C249B7 #C29049 #49C254

split-complementary

#497BC2 #C25449 #B7C249

monochromatic

#24426C #345E9A #497BC2 #779CD1 #A5BDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#497BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#497BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BC2

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BC2	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C80C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C75C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.123 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a0d5',
    500: '#497bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bc2;
$custom-light: #86a0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.207,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58097,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BC2

secondary

#CEB899

accent

#A04ED9

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BC2

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

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