#497BCD#497BCD

#497BCD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.137 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BCD
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 205)
HSL	hsl(217, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(217, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 40%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 9.19, -47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 48.37, 280.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0243 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.137 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8461, 19.9882, 60.5053)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BCD #CD9B49

analogous

#49BDCD #497BCD #5949CD

triadic

#497BCD #CD497B #7BCD49

tetradic

#497BCD #CD49BD #CD9B49 #49CD59

square

#497BCD #CD49BD #CD9B49 #49CD59

split-complementary

#497BCD #CD5949 #BDCD49

monochromatic

#22437A #2F5DAA #497BCD #799EDA #A9C1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#497BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#497BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BCD

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BCD	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5682D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4376CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.137 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a0dd',
    500: '#497bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bcd;
$custom-light: #88a0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58742,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BCD

secondary

#D5C09D

accent

#A648E0

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BCD

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

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