#497DCD#497DCD

#497DCD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.135 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DCD
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 205)
HSL	hsl(216, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(216, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 39%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 7.97, -46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 47.27, 279.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.0263 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.135 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0968, 20.4895, 60.5888)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DCD #CD9949

analogous

#49BFCD #497DCD #5749CD

triadic

#497DCD #CD497D #7DCD49

tetradic

#497DCD #CD49BF #CD9949 #49CD57

square

#497DCD #CD49BF #CD9949 #49CD57

split-complementary

#497DCD #CD5749 #BFCD49

monochromatic

#22447A #2F5FAA #497DCD #799FDA #A9C2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#497DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#497DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DCD

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DCD	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5984D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4677CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.135 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a2dd',
    500: '#497dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497dcd;
$custom-light: #88a2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59178,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DCD

secondary

#D5BF9D

accent

#A448E0

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DCD

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

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