#497DCE#497DCE

#497DCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.136 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DCE
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 206)
HSL	hsl(217, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 39.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 8.31, -47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 47.81, 280.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% -0.0261 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.136 259)
XYZ	xyz(21.2179, 20.5379, 61.2266)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DCE #CE9A49

analogous

#49C0CE #497DCE #5749CE

triadic

#497DCE #CE497D #7DCE49

tetradic

#497DCE #CE49C0 #CE9A49 #49CE57

square

#497DCE #CE49C0 #CE9A49 #49CE57

split-complementary

#497DCE #CE5749 #C0CE49

monochromatic

#21447B #2E5FAC #497DCE #799FDB #A9C2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#497DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#497DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DCE

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DCE	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5984D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4577CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.136 259.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.541,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59237,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.2054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DCE

secondary

#D5C09D

accent

#A547E1

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DCE

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

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