#497BD5#497BD5

#497BD5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.148 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BD5
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 213)
HSL	hsl(219, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(219, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 42.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, 11.97, -51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 52.70, 283.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% -0.0227 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.148 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8366, 20.3844, 65.7217)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BD5 #D5A349

analogous

#49C1D5 #497BD5 #5D49D5

triadic

#497BD5 #D5497B #7BD549

tetradic

#497BD5 #D549C1 #D5A349 #49D55D

square

#497BD5 #D549C1 #D5A349 #49D55D

split-complementary

#497BD5 #D55D49 #C1D549

monochromatic

#1F4385 #2A5CB7 #497BD5 #7B9FE0 #ACC3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#497BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#497BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BD5

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BD5	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5184D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B77D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.148 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa0e2',
    500: '#497bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bd5;
$custom-light: #8aa0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5923,
    "c": 0.14818,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BD5

secondary

#DAC5A0

accent

#AB42E6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BD5

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

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