#497BDC#497BDC

#497BDC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.158 H 262.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BDC
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 220)
HSL	hsl(220, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(220, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 44.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 14.42, -54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 56.50, 284.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0214 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.158 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7443, 20.7474, 70.5023)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BDC #DCAA49

analogous

#49C4DC #497BDC #6149DC

triadic

#497BDC #DC497B #7BDC49

tetradic

#497BDC #DC49C4 #DCAA49 #49DC61

square

#497BDC #DC49C4 #DCAA49 #49DC61

split-complementary

#497BDC #DC6149 #C4DC49

monochromatic

#1C438F #255BC2 #497BDC #7CA0E6 #B0C5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#497BDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#497BDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BDC

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BDC	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C85E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3277DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0091A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.158 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba0e7',
    500: '#497bdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bdc;
$custom-light: #8ba0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.592,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59671,
    "c": 0.1576,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BDC

secondary

#DECAA3

accent

#B03DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BDC

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

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