#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
RGBrgb(73, 124, 224)
HSLhsl(220, 71%, 58%)
HSVhsv(220, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 44.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(53.18, 15.21, -56.06)
CIE-LCHlch(53.18, 58.09, 285.18°)
OKLaboklab(60.14% -0.0217 -0.1603)
OKLCHoklch(60.14% 0.162 262.3)
XYZxyz(23.4051, 21.2112, 73.3673)
Luminance0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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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
##497CE01.004.015.245.24
#FFFFFF4.011.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2421.001.001.00
##0000005.2421.001.001.00

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

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#497CE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva