#497BC3#497BC3

#497BC3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.124 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BC3
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 195)
HSL	hsl(215, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(215, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 36.9%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 5.74, -42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 43.02, 277.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% -0.0266 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.124 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6774, 19.5207, 54.3501)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BC3 #C39149

analogous

#49B8C3 #497BC3 #5449C3

triadic

#497BC3 #C3497B #7BC349

tetradic

#497BC3 #C349B8 #C39149 #49C354

square

#497BC3 #C349B8 #C39149 #49C354

split-complementary

#497BC3 #C35449 #B8C349

monochromatic

#24426E #335E9C #497BC3 #779CD2 #A5BEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#497BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#497BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BC3

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BC3	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	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)

#5C80C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B75C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.124 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a0d5',
    500: '#497bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bc3;
$custom-light: #87a0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.41,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58154,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BC3

secondary

#CEB999

accent

#A14EDA

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BC3

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

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