#497DCC#497DCC

#497DCC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.134 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DCC
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 204)
HSL	hsl(216, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(216, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 38.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, 7.62, -46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 46.74, 279.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0266 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.134 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9765, 20.4413, 59.9551)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DCC #CC9849

analogous

#49BFCC #497DCC #5749CC

triadic

#497DCC #CC497D #7DCC49

tetradic

#497DCC #CC49BF #CC9849 #49CC57

square

#497DCC #CC49BF #CC9849 #49CC57

split-complementary

#497DCC #CC5749 #BFCC49

monochromatic

#224479 #2F5FA9 #497DCC #799FD9 #A9C1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#497DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#497DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DCC

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DCC	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A83CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4777CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.134 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a2dc',
    500: '#497dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497dcc;
$custom-light: #88a2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.183,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59119,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DCC

secondary

#D4BE9D

accent

#A348E0

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DCC

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

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