#497BD8#497BD8

#497BD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.152 H 261.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BD8
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 216)
HSL	hsl(219, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(219, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 43.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 13.02, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 54.32, 283.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.0221 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.152 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2209, 20.5381, 67.7456)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BD8 #D8A649

analogous

#49C3D8 #497BD8 #5F49D8

triadic

#497BD8 #D8497B #7BD849

tetradic

#497BD8 #D849C3 #D8A649 #49D85F

square

#497BD8 #D849C3 #D8A649 #49D85F

split-complementary

#497BD8 #D85F49 #C3D849

monochromatic

#1D4389 #285CBC #497BD8 #7BA0E3 #AEC4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#497BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#497BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BD8

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BD8	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F84DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3777D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.152 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa0e4',
    500: '#497bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bd8;
$custom-light: #8aa0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.021,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59418,
    "c": 0.15222,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BD8

secondary

#DCC7A1

accent

#AD40E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BD8

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

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