#497CD2#497CD2

#497CD2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.143 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CD2
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 210)
HSL	hsl(218, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(218, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 41%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 10.31, -49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 50.51, 281.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0243 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.143 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5840, 20.4828, 63.7764)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CD2 #D29F49

analogous

#49C0D2 #497CD2 #5A49D2

triadic

#497CD2 #D2497C #7CD249

tetradic

#497CD2 #D249C0 #D29F49 #49D25A

square

#497CD2 #D249C0 #D29F49 #49D25A

split-complementary

#497CD2 #D25A49 #C0D249

monochromatic

#204481 #2C5EB2 #497CD2 #7A9FDE #ABC3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#497CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#497CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CD2

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CD2	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5584D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4077D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.143 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a1e0',
    500: '#497cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cd2;
$custom-light: #89a1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.664,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59261,
    "c": 0.14299,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CD2

secondary

#D8C39F

accent

#A844E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CD2

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

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