#497CD3#497CD3

#497CD3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.144 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CD3
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 211)
HSL	hsl(218, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 41.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 10.66, -49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 51.05, 282.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% -0.0241 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.144 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7090, 20.5328, 64.4345)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CD3 #D3A049

analogous

#49C1D3 #497CD3 #5B49D3

triadic

#497CD3 #D3497C #7CD349

tetradic

#497CD3 #D349C1 #D3A049 #49D35B

square

#497CD3 #D349C1 #D3A049 #49D35B

split-complementary

#497CD3 #D35B49 #C1D349

monochromatic

#1F4482 #2B5EB3 #497CD3 #7A9FDF #ACC3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#497CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#497CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CD3

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CD3	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5484D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F77D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.144 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a1e1',
    500: '#497cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cd3;
$custom-light: #89a1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.826,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59322,
    "c": 0.14433,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CD3

secondary

#D9C39F

accent

#A944E4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CD3

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

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