#497BE4#497BE4

#497BE4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.168 H 263.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BE4
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 228)
HSL	hsl(221, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(221, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 46.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, 17.23, -58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 60.85, 286.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% -0.0201 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.168 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8293, 21.1814, 76.2163)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BE4 #E4B249

analogous

#49C9E4 #497BE4 #6549E4

triadic

#497BE4 #E4497B #7BE449

tetradic

#497BE4 #E449C9 #E4B249 #49E465

square

#497BE4 #E449C9 #E4B249 #49E465

split-complementary

#497BE4 #E46549 #C9E449

monochromatic

#17429C #1F58D1 #497BE4 #7EA2EC #B4C8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#497BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#497BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BE4

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BE4	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4587E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2578E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0093A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.168 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca0ed',
    500: '#497be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497be4;
$custom-light: #8ca0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.645,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6019,
    "c": 0.16833,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BE4

secondary

#E3CFA6

accent

#B537F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BE4

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

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