#497BD9#497BD9

#497BD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.154 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BD9
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 217)
HSL	hsl(219, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(219, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 43.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 13.37, -53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 54.87, 284.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.022 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.154 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3506, 20.5899, 68.4286)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BD9 #D9A749

analogous

#49C3D9 #497BD9 #5F49D9

triadic

#497BD9 #D9497B #7BD949

tetradic

#497BD9 #D949C3 #D9A749 #49D95F

square

#497BD9 #D949C3 #D9A749 #49D95F

split-complementary

#497BD9 #D95F49 #C3D949

monochromatic

#1D438B #285CBD #497BD9 #7CA0E4 #AEC4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#497BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#497BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BD9

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BD9	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E84DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3677D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00919F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.154 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa0e5',
    500: '#497bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bd9;
$custom-light: #8aa0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.167,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59481,
    "c": 0.15357,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BD9

secondary

#DCC8A2

accent

#AE3FE8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BD9

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

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