#497CD4#497CD4

#497CD4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.146 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CD4
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 212)
HSL	hsl(218, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 41.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 11.01, -50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 51.59, 282.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0239 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.146 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8348, 20.5831, 65.0968)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CD4 #D4A149

analogous

#49C1D4 #497CD4 #5B49D4

triadic

#497CD4 #D4497C #7CD449

tetradic

#497CD4 #D449C1 #D4A149 #49D45B

square

#497CD4 #D449C1 #D4A149 #49D45B

split-complementary

#497CD4 #D45B49 #C1D449

monochromatic

#1F4484 #2B5DB5 #497CD4 #7BA0E0 #ACC3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#497CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#497CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CD4

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CD4	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5384D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E77D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.146 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a1e2',
    500: '#497cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cd4;
$custom-light: #89a1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.986,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59383,
    "c": 0.14568,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CD4

secondary

#D9C4A0

accent

#A943E5

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CD4

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

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