#497CCC#497CCC

#497CCC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.135 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CCC
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 204)
HSL	hsl(217, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(217, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 39.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.05, 8.23, -46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.05, 47.28, 280.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0256 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.135 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8505, 20.1894, 59.9132)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CCC #CC9949

analogous

#49BECC #497CCC #5849CC

triadic

#497CCC #CC497C #7CCC49

tetradic

#497CCC #CC49BE #CC9949 #49CC58

square

#497CCC #CC49BE #CC9949 #49CC58

split-complementary

#497CCC #CC5849 #BECC49

monochromatic

#224479 #2F5EA9 #497CCC #799ED9 #A9C1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#497CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#497CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CCC

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CCC	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5883CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4577CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.135 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a1dc',
    500: '#497ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ccc;
$custom-light: #88a1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.641,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.589,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CCC

secondary

#D4BF9D

accent

#A548E0

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CCC

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

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