#497CE5#497CE5

#497CE5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.168 H 262.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CE5
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 229)
HSL	hsl(220, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(220, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 45.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, 16.96, -58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 60.80, 286.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% -0.0209 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.168 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0932, 21.4865, 76.9911)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CE5 #E5B249

analogous

#49CAE5 #497CE5 #6449E5

triadic

#497CE5 #E5497C #7CE549

tetradic

#497CE5 #E549CA #E5B249 #49E564

square

#497CE5 #E549CA #E5B249 #49E564

split-complementary

#497CE5 #E56449 #CAE549

monochromatic

#16429D #1E59D3 #497CE5 #7FA3ED #B4C9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#497CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#497CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CE5

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CE5	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4687E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2679E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.168 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca1ee',
    500: '#497ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ce5;
$custom-light: #8ca1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.385,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60463,
    "c": 0.16849,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CE5

secondary

#E3CFA6

accent

#B436F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CE5

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

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