#497BE5#497BE5

#497BE5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.170 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BE5
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 229)
HSL	hsl(221, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(221, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 46.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, 17.58, -58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 61.39, 286.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.02 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.17 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9685, 21.2371, 76.9496)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BE5 #E5B349

analogous

#49C9E5 #497BE5 #6549E5

triadic

#497BE5 #E5497B #7BE549

tetradic

#497BE5 #E549C9 #E5B349 #49E565

square

#497BE5 #E549C9 #E5B349 #49E565

split-complementary

#497BE5 #E56549 #C9E549

monochromatic

#16429D #1E58D3 #497BE5 #7FA2ED #B4C9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#497BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#497BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BE5

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BE5	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4487E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2278E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.170 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca0ee',
    500: '#497be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497be5;
$custom-light: #8ca0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.769,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60256,
    "c": 0.16966,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BE5

secondary

#E3D0A6

accent

#B636F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BE5

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

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