#497CE4#497CE4

#497CE4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.167 H 262.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CE4
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 228)
HSL	hsl(220, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(220, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 45.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 16.61, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 60.26, 286.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% -0.021 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.167 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9539, 21.4308, 76.2579)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CE4 #E4B149

analogous

#49CAE4 #497CE4 #6449E4

triadic

#497CE4 #E4497C #7CE449

tetradic

#497CE4 #E449CA #E4B149 #49E464

square

#497CE4 #E449CA #E4B149 #49E464

split-complementary

#497CE4 #E46449 #CAE449

monochromatic

#17439C #1F59D1 #497CE4 #7EA2EC #B4C9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#497CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#497CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CE4

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CE4	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4787E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2879E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.167 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca1ed',
    500: '#497ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ce4;
$custom-light: #8ca1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.258,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60398,
    "c": 0.16716,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CE4

secondary

#E3CFA6

accent

#B437F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CE4

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

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