#497BE2#497BE2

#497BE2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.166 H 262.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BE2
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 226)
HSL	hsl(220, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(220, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 45.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, 16.53, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 59.76, 286.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0204 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.166 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5532, 21.0710, 74.7626)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BE2 #E2B049

analogous

#49C7E2 #497BE2 #6349E2

triadic

#497BE2 #E2497B #7BE249

tetradic

#497BE2 #E249C7 #E2B049 #49E263

square

#497BE2 #E249C7 #E2B049 #49E263

split-complementary

#497BE2 #E26349 #C7E249

monochromatic

#184298 #2159CD #497BE2 #7EA1EA #B3C8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#497BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#497BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BE2

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BE2	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4786E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2878E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0093A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.166 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca0ec',
    500: '#497be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497be2;
$custom-light: #8ca0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.392,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60059,
    "c": 0.16566,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BE2

secondary

#E2CEA5

accent

#B439EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BE2

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

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