#497CE0#497CE0

#497CE0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.162 H 262.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CE0
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 224)
HSL	hsl(220, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(220, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 44.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, 15.21, -56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 58.09, 285.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% -0.0217 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.162 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4051, 21.2112, 73.3673)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CE0 #E0AD49

analogous

#49C7E0 #497CE0 #6149E0

triadic

#497CE0 #E0497C #7CE049

tetradic

#497CE0 #E049C7 #E0AD49 #49E061

square

#497CE0 #E049C7 #E0AD49 #49E061

split-complementary

#497CE0 #E06149 #C7E049

monochromatic

#194395 #225BC9 #497CE0 #7DA2E9 #B2C7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#497CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#497CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CE0

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CE0	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B86E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F79DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0093A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.162 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba1ea',
    500: '#497ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ce0;
$custom-light: #8ba1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.735,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60138,
    "c": 0.16181,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CE0

secondary

#E0CCA4

accent

#B13AEE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CE0

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

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