#497BEC#497BEC

#497BEC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.179 H 263.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BEC
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 236)
HSL	hsl(222, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(222, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 47.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, 20.05, -62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 65.20, 287.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% -0.019 -0.178)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.179 263.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9656, 21.6360, 82.2011)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BEC #ECBA49

analogous

#49CDEC #497BEC #6849EC

triadic

#497BEC #EC497B #7BEC49

tetradic

#497BEC #EC49CD #ECBA49 #49EC68

square

#497BEC #EC49CD #ECBA49 #49EC68

split-complementary

#497BEC #EC6849 #CDEC49

monochromatic

#1240A9 #1755E0 #497BEC #80A3F2 #B8CBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#497BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#497BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BEC

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BEC	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D88F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C79EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.179 263.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea0f3',
    500: '#497bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bec;
$custom-light: #8ea0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.595,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60724,
    "c": 0.17897,
    "h": 263.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BEC

secondary

#E7D4A9

accent

#9C08DD

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BEC

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

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