#497CD8#497CD8

#497CD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.151 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CD8
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 216)
HSL	hsl(219, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(219, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 42.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, 12.40, -52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 53.75, 283.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% -0.0231 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.151 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3456, 20.7874, 67.7872)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CD8 #D8A549

analogous

#49C4D8 #497CD8 #5E49D8

triadic

#497CD8 #D8497C #7CD849

tetradic

#497CD8 #D849C4 #D8A549 #49D85E

square

#497CD8 #D849C4 #D8A549 #49D85E

split-complementary

#497CD8 #D85E49 #C4D849

monochromatic

#1D4489 #285DBC #497CD8 #7BA0E3 #AEC5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#497CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#497CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CD8

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CD8	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5185DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3978D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00919F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.151 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa1e4',
    500: '#497cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cd8;
$custom-light: #8aa1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.601,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59631,
    "c": 0.15107,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CD8

secondary

#DCC7A1

accent

#AC40E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CD8

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

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