#497BE0#497BE0

#497BE0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.163 H 262.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BE0
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 224)
HSL	hsl(220, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(220, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 45.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, 15.82, -56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 58.67, 285.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% -0.0208 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.163 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2804, 20.9619, 73.3257)
Luminance	0.2096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BE0 #E0AE49

analogous

#49C7E0 #497BE0 #6249E0

triadic

#497BE0 #E0497B #7BE049

tetradic

#497BE0 #E049C7 #E0AE49 #49E062

square

#497BE0 #E049C7 #E0AE49 #49E062

split-complementary

#497BE0 #E06249 #C7E049

monochromatic

#194295 #225AC9 #497BE0 #7DA1E9 #B2C7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#497BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#497BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BE0

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BE0	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4986E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C78DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0092A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.163 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba0ea',
    500: '#497be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497be0;
$custom-light: #8ba0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.132,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59929,
    "c": 0.16298,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BE0

secondary

#E0CDA4

accent

#B23AEE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BE0

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

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