#497BD4#497BD4

#497BD4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.147 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BD4
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 212)
HSL	hsl(218, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 42%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 11.62, -50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 52.15, 282.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0229 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.147 261)
XYZ	xyz(21.7101, 20.3337, 65.0553)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BD4 #D4A249

analogous

#49C1D4 #497BD4 #5C49D4

triadic

#497BD4 #D4497B #7BD449

tetradic

#497BD4 #D449C1 #D4A249 #49D45C

square

#497BD4 #D449C1 #D4A249 #49D45C

split-complementary

#497BD4 #D45C49 #C1D449

monochromatic

#1F4384 #2B5DB5 #497BD4 #7B9FE0 #ACC3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#497BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#497BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BD4

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BD4	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5283D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C77D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.147 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a0e2',
    500: '#497bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bd4;
$custom-light: #89a0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.417,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59168,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.20336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BD4

secondary

#D9C4A0

accent

#AB43E5

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BD4

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

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