#497DCB#497DCB

#497DCB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.132 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DCB
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 203)
HSL	hsl(216, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(216, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 38.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 7.28, -45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 46.21, 279.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0268 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.132 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8569, 20.3935, 59.3255)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DCB #CB9749

analogous

#49BECB #497DCB #5649CB

triadic

#497DCB #CB497D #7DCB49

tetradic

#497DCB #CB49BE #CB9749 #49CB56

square

#497DCB #CB49BE #CB9749 #49CB56

split-complementary

#497DCB #CB5649 #BECB49

monochromatic

#224477 #305FA7 #497DCB #799FD9 #A8C1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#497DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#497DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DCB

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DCB	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B83CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4877C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.132 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a2db',
    500: '#497dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497dcb;
$custom-light: #88a2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5906,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DCB

secondary

#D4BD9C

accent

#A349DF

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DCB

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

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