#497BD2#497BD2

#497BD2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.144 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BD2
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 210)
HSL	hsl(218, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(218, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 41.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, 10.92, -49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 51.07, 282.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% -0.0233 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.144 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4593, 20.2335, 63.7348)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BD2 #D2A049

analogous

#49BFD2 #497BD2 #5B49D2

triadic

#497BD2 #D2497B #7BD249

tetradic

#497BD2 #D249BF #D2A049 #49D25B

square

#497BD2 #D249BF #D2A049 #49D25B

split-complementary

#497BD2 #D25B49 #BFD249

monochromatic

#204381 #2C5DB2 #497BD2 #7A9FDE #ABC2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#497BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#497BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BD2

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BD2	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5383D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E76D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.144 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a0e0',
    500: '#497bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bd2;
$custom-light: #89a0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.102,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59045,
    "c": 0.14413,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BD2

secondary

#D8C39F

accent

#A944E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BD2

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

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