#497BD3#497BD3

#497BD3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.145 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BD3
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 211)
HSL	hsl(218, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 41.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 11.27, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 51.61, 282.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% -0.0231 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.145 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5843, 20.2834, 64.3930)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BD3 #D3A149

analogous

#49C0D3 #497BD3 #5C49D3

triadic

#497BD3 #D3497B #7BD349

tetradic

#497BD3 #D349C0 #D3A149 #49D35C

square

#497BD3 #D349C0 #D3A149 #49D35C

split-complementary

#497BD3 #D35C49 #C0D349

monochromatic

#1F4382 #2B5DB3 #497BD3 #7A9FDF #ACC2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#497BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#497BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BD3

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BD3	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5283D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D76D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.145 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a0e1',
    500: '#497bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bd3;
$custom-light: #89a0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.261,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59107,
    "c": 0.14548,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BD3

secondary

#D9C49F

accent

#AA44E4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BD3

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

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