#497BE1#497BE1

#497BE1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.164 H 262.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BE1
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 225)
HSL	hsl(220, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(220, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 45.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, 16.17, -56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 59.22, 285.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% -0.0206 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.164 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4164, 21.0163, 74.0420)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BE1 #E1AF49

analogous

#49C7E1 #497BE1 #6349E1

triadic

#497BE1 #E1497B #7BE149

tetradic

#497BE1 #E149C7 #E1AF49 #49E163

square

#497BE1 #E149C7 #E1AF49 #49E163

split-complementary

#497BE1 #E16349 #C7E149

monochromatic

#194297 #2259CB #497BE1 #7EA1EA #B2C7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#497BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#497BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BE1

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BE1	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4886E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A78DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0093A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.164 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca0eb',
    500: '#497be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497be1;
$custom-light: #8ca0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.263,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59994,
    "c": 0.16432,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BE1

secondary

#E1CDA5

accent

#B339EE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BE1

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

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