#497BD6#497BD6

#497BD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.150 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BD6
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 214)
HSL	hsl(219, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(219, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 42.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, 12.32, -51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 53.24, 283.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.0225 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.15 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9639, 20.4353, 66.3922)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BD6 #D6A449

analogous

#49C2D6 #497BD6 #5E49D6

triadic

#497BD6 #D6497B #7BD649

tetradic

#497BD6 #D649C2 #D6A449 #49D65E

square

#497BD6 #D649C2 #D6A449 #49D65E

split-complementary

#497BD6 #D65E49 #C2D649

monochromatic

#1E4386 #2A5CB8 #497BD6 #7B9FE1 #ADC3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#497BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#497BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BD6

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BD6	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5084DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A77D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.150 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa0e3',
    500: '#497bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bd6;
$custom-light: #8aa0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.723,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59293,
    "c": 0.14953,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BD6

secondary

#DAC6A0

accent

#AC42E6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BD6

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

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