#497CD9#497CD9

#497CD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.152 H 261.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CD9
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 217)
HSL	hsl(219, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(219, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 42.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, 12.75, -52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 54.29, 283.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0229 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.152 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4752, 20.8393, 68.4701)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CD9 #D9A649

analogous

#49C4D9 #497CD9 #5E49D9

triadic

#497CD9 #D9497C #7CD949

tetradic

#497CD9 #D949C4 #D9A649 #49D95E

square

#497CD9 #D949C4 #D9A649 #49D95E

split-complementary

#497CD9 #D95E49 #C4D949

monochromatic

#1D448B #285DBD #497CD9 #7CA0E4 #AEC5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#497CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#497CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CD9

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CD9	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5085DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3878D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0091A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.152 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa1e5',
    500: '#497cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cd9;
$custom-light: #8aa1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59693,
    "c": 0.15241,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CD9

secondary

#DCC7A2

accent

#AD3FE8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CD9

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

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