#497CD5#497CD5

#497CD5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.147 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CD5
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 213)
HSL	hsl(218, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 41.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, 11.36, -50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 52.13, 282.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% -0.0237 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.147 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9613, 20.6337, 65.7632)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CD5 #D5A249

analogous

#49C2D5 #497CD5 #5C49D5

triadic

#497CD5 #D5497C #7CD549

tetradic

#497CD5 #D549C2 #D5A249 #49D55C

square

#497CD5 #D549C2 #D5A249 #49D55C

split-complementary

#497CD5 #D55C49 #C2D549

monochromatic

#1F4485 #2A5DB7 #497CD5 #7BA0E0 #ACC4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#497CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#497CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CD5

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CD5	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5384D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D77D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.147 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa1e2',
    500: '#497cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cd5;
$custom-light: #8aa1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59445,
    "c": 0.14703,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CD5

secondary

#DAC5A0

accent

#AA42E6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CD5

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

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