#497CDE#497CDE

#497CDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.159 H 262.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CDE
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 222)
HSL	hsl(219, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(219, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 44.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 14.51, -55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 57.00, 284.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.022 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.159 262)
XYZ	xyz(23.1355, 21.1034, 71.9472)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CDE #DEAB49

analogous

#49C6DE #497CDE #6049DE

triadic

#497CDE #DE497C #7CDE49

tetradic

#497CDE #DE49C6 #DEAB49 #49DE60

square

#497CDE #DE49C6 #DEAB49 #49DE60

split-complementary

#497CDE #DE6049 #C6DE49

monochromatic

#1A4392 #245BC6 #497CDE #7DA1E7 #B1C7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#497CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#497CDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CDE

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CDE	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C86E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3278DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0093A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.159 262.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba1e9',
    500: '#497cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cde;
$custom-light: #8ba1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.463,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6001,
    "c": 0.15913,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.21106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CDE

secondary

#DFCBA4

accent

#B03CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CDE

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

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