#497BD7#497BD7

#497BD7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.151 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BD7
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 215)
HSL	hsl(219, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(219, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 42.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 12.67, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 53.78, 283.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% -0.0223 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.151 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0920, 20.4865, 67.0668)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BD7 #D7A549

analogous

#49C2D7 #497BD7 #5E49D7

triadic

#497BD7 #D7497B #7BD749

tetradic

#497BD7 #D749C2 #D7A549 #49D75E

square

#497BD7 #D749C2 #D7A549 #49D75E

split-complementary

#497BD7 #D75E49 #C2D749

monochromatic

#1E4388 #295CBA #497BD7 #7B9FE2 #ADC4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#497BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#497BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BD7

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BD7	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5084DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3877D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.151 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa0e4',
    500: '#497bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bd7;
$custom-light: #8aa0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.873,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59355,
    "c": 0.15087,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BD7

secondary

#DBC7A1

accent

#AC41E7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BD7

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

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