#497CD0#497CD0

#497CD0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.140 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CD0
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 208)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 40.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, 9.62, -48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 49.43, 281.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% -0.0247 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.14 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3364, 20.3838, 62.4723)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CD0 #D09D49

analogous

#49C0D0 #497CD0 #5949D0

triadic

#497CD0 #D0497C #7CD049

tetradic

#497CD0 #D049C0 #D09D49 #49D059

square

#497CD0 #D049C0 #D09D49 #49D059

split-complementary

#497CD0 #D05949 #C0D049

monochromatic

#21447E #2D5EAF #497CD0 #7A9FDD #AAC2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#497CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#497CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CD0

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CD0	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5683D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4277CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.140 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a1df',
    500: '#497cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cd0;
$custom-light: #89a1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.333,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59139,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CD0

secondary

#D7C19E

accent

#A746E2

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CD0

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

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