#497DC8#497DC8

#497DC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.128 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DC8
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 200)
HSL	hsl(215, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 37.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 6.24, -44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 44.61, 278.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0275 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.128 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5029, 20.2519, 57.4609)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DC8 #C89449

analogous

#49BCC8 #497DC8 #5449C8

triadic

#497DC8 #C8497D #7DC849

tetradic

#497DC8 #C849BC #C89449 #49C854

square

#497DC8 #C849BC #C89449 #49C854

split-complementary

#497DC8 #C85449 #BCC849

monochromatic

#234474 #3160A3 #497DC8 #789FD6 #A7C0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#497DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#497DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DC8

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DC8	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C83CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A77C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.128 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a2d9',
    500: '#497dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497dc8;
$custom-light: #87a2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.433,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58885,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DC8

secondary

#D2BB9B

accent

#A14BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DC8

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

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