#497BC5#497BC5

#497BC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.127 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BC5
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 197)
HSL	hsl(216, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(216, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 37.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 6.43, -43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 44.08, 278.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% -0.0261 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.127 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9051, 19.6117, 55.5490)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BC5 #C59349

analogous

#49B9C5 #497BC5 #5549C5

triadic

#497BC5 #C5497B #7BC549

tetradic

#497BC5 #C549B9 #C59349 #49C555

square

#497BC5 #C549B9 #C59349 #49C555

split-complementary

#497BC5 #C55549 #B9C549

monochromatic

#244270 #325E9E #497BC5 #779DD4 #A6BEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#497BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#497BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BC5

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BC5	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B81C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A75C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.127 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a0d7',
    500: '#497bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bc5;
$custom-light: #87a0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.806,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58269,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BC5

secondary

#D0BA9A

accent

#A24DDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BC5

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

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