#497CDC#497CDC

#497CDC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.156 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CDC
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 220)
HSL	hsl(219, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(219, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 43.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, 13.80, -54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 55.92, 284.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0224 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.156 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8690, 20.9968, 70.5439)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CDC #DCA949

analogous

#49C5DC #497CDC #6049DC

triadic

#497CDC #DC497C #7CDC49

tetradic

#497CDC #DC49C5 #DCA949 #49DC60

square

#497CDC #DC49C5 #DCA949 #49DC60

split-complementary

#497CDC #DC6049 #C5DC49

monochromatic

#1C448F #255CC2 #497CDC #7CA1E6 #B0C6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#497CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#497CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CDC

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CDC	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E86E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3478DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0092A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.156 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba1e7',
    500: '#497cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cdc;
$custom-light: #8ba1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.184,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59882,
    "c": 0.15645,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CDC

secondary

#DEC9A3

accent

#AE3DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CDC

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

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