#497CD7#497CD7

#497CD7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.150 H 261.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CD7
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 215)
HSL	hsl(218, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 42.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, 12.05, -51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 53.21, 283.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% -0.0233 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.15 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2167, 20.7359, 67.1084)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CD7 #D7A449

analogous

#49C3D7 #497CD7 #5D49D7

triadic

#497CD7 #D7497C #7CD749

tetradic

#497CD7 #D749C3 #D7A449 #49D75D

square

#497CD7 #D749C3 #D7A449 #49D75D

split-complementary

#497CD7 #D75D49 #C3D749

monochromatic

#1E4488 #295DBA #497CD7 #7BA0E2 #ADC4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#497CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#497CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CD7

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CD7	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5185DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B78D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00919F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.150 261.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa1e4',
    500: '#497cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cd7;
$custom-light: #8aa1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.451,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59568,
    "c": 0.14972,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CD7

secondary

#DBC6A1

accent

#AB41E7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CD7

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

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