#497BD1#497BD1

#497BD1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.143 H 260.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BD1
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 209)
HSL	hsl(218, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(218, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 41.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, 10.58, -49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 50.53, 282.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% -0.0235 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.143 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3352, 20.1838, 63.0807)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BD1 #D19F49

analogous

#49BFD1 #497BD1 #5B49D1

triadic

#497BD1 #D1497B #7BD149

tetradic

#497BD1 #D149BF #D19F49 #49D15B

square

#497BD1 #D149BF #D19F49 #49D15B

split-complementary

#497BD1 #D15B49 #BFD149

monochromatic

#20437F #2D5DB0 #497BD1 #7A9EDD #ABC2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#497BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#497BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BD1

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BD1	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5483D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F76CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.143 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a0df',
    500: '#497bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bd1;
$custom-light: #89a0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.941,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58984,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BD1

secondary

#D7C29E

accent

#A945E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BD1

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

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