#497DC7#497DC7

#497DC7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.127 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DC7
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 199)
HSL	hsl(215, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(215, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 37.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 5.90, -43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 44.08, 277.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0277 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.127 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3864, 20.2053, 56.8474)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DC7 #C79349

analogous

#49BCC7 #497DC7 #5449C7

triadic

#497DC7 #C7497D #7DC749

tetradic

#497DC7 #C749BC #C79349 #49C754

square

#497DC7 #C749BC #C79349 #49C754

split-complementary

#497DC7 #C75449 #BCC749

monochromatic

#234472 #3260A1 #497DC7 #789ED5 #A7C0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#497DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#497DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DC7

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DC7	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D83CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B77C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.127 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a2d8',
    500: '#497dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497dc7;
$custom-light: #87a2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.238,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58827,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DC7

secondary

#D1BB9B

accent

#A14BDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DC7

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

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