#497CC8#497CC8

#497CC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.130 H 258.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CC8
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 200)
HSL	hsl(216, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(216, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 38%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, 6.85, -44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 45.14, 278.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% -0.0265 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.13 258.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3769, 20.0000, 57.4189)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CC8 #C89549

analogous

#49BBC8 #497CC8 #5649C8

triadic

#497CC8 #C8497C #7CC849

tetradic

#497CC8 #C849BB #C89549 #49C856

square

#497CC8 #C849BB #C89549 #49C856

split-complementary

#497CC8 #C85649 #BBC849

monochromatic

#234374 #315FA3 #497CC8 #789ED6 #A7C0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#497CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#497CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CC8

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CC8	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B82CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4976C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.130 258.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a1d9',
    500: '#497cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cc8;
$custom-light: #87a1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.906,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58664,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 258.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CC8

secondary

#D2BC9B

accent

#A24BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CC8

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

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