#497CC7#497CC7

#497CC7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.128 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CC7
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 199)
HSL	hsl(216, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(216, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 37.7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, 6.51, -44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 44.61, 278.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% -0.0267 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.128 258)
XYZ	xyz(20.2604, 19.9534, 56.8054)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CC7 #C79449

analogous

#49BBC7 #497CC7 #5549C7

triadic

#497CC7 #C7497C #7CC749

tetradic

#497CC7 #C749BB #C79449 #49C755

square

#497CC7 #C749BB #C79449 #49C755

split-complementary

#497CC7 #C75549 #BBC749

monochromatic

#234372 #325FA1 #497CC7 #789ED5 #A7BFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#497CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#497CC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CC7

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CC7	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B82CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A76C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.128 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a1d8',
    500: '#497cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cc7;
$custom-light: #87a1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.714,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58606,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.19955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CC7

secondary

#D1BB9B

accent

#A24BDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CC7

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

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