#497CC4#497CC4

#497CC4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.124 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CC4
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 196)
HSL	hsl(215, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(215, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 36.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 5.48, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 43.02, 277.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% -0.0274 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.124 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9156, 19.8154, 54.9891)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CC4 #C49149

analogous

#49B9C4 #497CC4 #5449C4

triadic

#497CC4 #C4497C #7CC449

tetradic

#497CC4 #C449B9 #C49149 #49C454

square

#497CC4 #C449B9 #C49149 #49C454

split-complementary

#497CC4 #C45449 #B9C449

monochromatic

#24436F #335F9D #497CC4 #779DD3 #A5BFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#497CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#497CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CC4

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CC4	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D81C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C76C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.124 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a1d6',
    500: '#497cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cc4;
$custom-light: #87a1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.122,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58433,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CC4

secondary

#CFB99A

accent

#A04DDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CC4

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

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