#497BC7#497BC7

#497BC7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.129 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BC7
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 199)
HSL	hsl(216, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(216, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 38.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, 7.11, -44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 45.15, 279.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% -0.0257 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.129 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1357, 19.7040, 56.7639)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BC7 #C79549

analogous

#49BAC7 #497BC7 #5649C7

triadic

#497BC7 #C7497B #7BC749

tetradic

#497BC7 #C749BA #C79549 #49C756

square

#497BC7 #C749BA #C79549 #49C756

split-complementary

#497BC7 #C75649 #BAC749

monochromatic

#234372 #325EA1 #497BC7 #789DD5 #A7BFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#497BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#497BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BC7

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BC7	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A81CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4875C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.129 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a0d8',
    500: '#497bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bc7;
$custom-light: #87a0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.19,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58386,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BC7

secondary

#D1BB9B

accent

#A34BDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BC7

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

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