#497CD1#497CD1

#497CD1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.142 H 260.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CD1
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 209)
HSL	hsl(218, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(218, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 40.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, 9.96, -48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 49.97, 281.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% -0.0245 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.142 260)
XYZ	xyz(21.4598, 20.4331, 63.1223)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CD1 #D19E49

analogous

#49C0D1 #497CD1 #5A49D1

triadic

#497CD1 #D1497C #7CD149

tetradic

#497CD1 #D149C0 #D19E49 #49D15A

square

#497CD1 #D149C0 #D19E49 #49D15A

split-complementary

#497CD1 #D15A49 #C0D149

monochromatic

#20447F #2D5EB0 #497CD1 #7A9FDD #ABC2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#497CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#497CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CD1

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CD1	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5584D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4177CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.142 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a1df',
    500: '#497cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cd1;
$custom-light: #89a1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.592,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.20435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CD1

secondary

#D7C29E

accent

#A845E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CD1

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

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