#497CCE#497CCE

#497CCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.138 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CCE
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 206)
HSL	hsl(217, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 39.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 8.92, -47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 48.36, 280.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% -0.0251 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.138 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0919, 20.2860, 61.1846)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CCE #CE9B49

analogous

#49BFCE #497CCE #5849CE

triadic

#497CCE #CE497C #7CCE49

tetradic

#497CCE #CE49BF #CE9B49 #49CE58

square

#497CCE #CE49BF #CE9B49 #49CE58

split-complementary

#497CCE #CE5849 #BFCE49

monochromatic

#21447B #2E5EAC #497CCE #799FDB #A9C1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#497CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#497CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CCE

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CCE	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5783D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4477CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.138 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a1dd',
    500: '#497cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cce;
$custom-light: #88a1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.992,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59019,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CCE

secondary

#D5C09D

accent

#A647E1

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CCE

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

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