#497CD6#497CD6

#497CD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.148 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CD6
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 214)
HSL	hsl(218, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 42.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, 11.71, -51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 52.67, 282.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0235 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.148 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0886, 20.6847, 66.4338)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CD6 #D6A349

analogous

#49C3D6 #497CD6 #5D49D6

triadic

#497CD6 #D6497C #7CD649

tetradic

#497CD6 #D649C3 #D6A349 #49D65D

square

#497CD6 #D649C3 #D6A349 #49D65D

split-complementary

#497CD6 #D65D49 #C3D649

monochromatic

#1E4486 #2A5DB8 #497CD6 #7BA0E1 #ADC4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#497CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#497CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CD6

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CD6	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5285D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C77D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00919E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.148 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa1e3',
    500: '#497cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cd6;
$custom-light: #8aa1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.298,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59506,
    "c": 0.14838,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CD6

secondary

#DAC5A0

accent

#AB42E6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CD6

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

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