#497BCA#497BCA

#497BCA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.133 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BCA
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 202)
HSL	hsl(217, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(217, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 39.1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 8.15, -46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 46.76, 280.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.025 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.133 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4875, 19.8447, 58.6164)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BCA #CA9849

analogous

#49BCCA #497BCA #5849CA

triadic

#497BCA #CA497B #7BCA49

tetradic

#497BCA #CA49BC #CA9849 #49CA58

square

#497BCA #CA49BC #CA9849 #49CA58

split-complementary

#497BCA #CA5849 #BCCA49

monochromatic

#224376 #305EA6 #497BCA #789DD8 #A8C0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#497BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#497BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BCA

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BCA	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5882CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4576C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.133 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a0da',
    500: '#497bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bca;
$custom-light: #88a0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.744,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58562,
    "c": 0.13331,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BCA

secondary

#D3BE9C

accent

#A54ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BCA

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

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