#497CE8#497CE8

#497CE8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.172 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CE8
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 232)
HSL	hsl(221, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(221, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 46.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 18.02, -59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 62.43, 286.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0204 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.172 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5156, 21.6555, 79.2162)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CE8 #E8B549

analogous

#49CBE8 #497CE8 #6649E8

triadic

#497CE8 #E8497C #7CE849

tetradic

#497CE8 #E849CB #E8B549 #49E866

square

#497CE8 #E849CB #E8B549 #49E866

split-complementary

#497CE8 #E86649 #CBE849

monochromatic

#1442A2 #1B58D8 #497CE8 #7FA3EF #B6CAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#497CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#497CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CE8

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CE8	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4488EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F79E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0095A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.172 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da1f0',
    500: '#497ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ce8;
$custom-light: #8da1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.755,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60661,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CE8

secondary

#E5D1A8

accent

#B634F4

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CE8

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

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