#497DD2#497DD2

#497DD2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.142 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DD2
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 210)
HSL	hsl(217, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 40.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, 9.70, -49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 49.95, 281.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.0253 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.142 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7100, 20.7347, 63.8184)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DD2 #D29E49

analogous

#49C1D2 #497DD2 #5949D2

triadic

#497DD2 #D2497D #7DD249

tetradic

#497DD2 #D249C1 #D29E49 #49D259

square

#497DD2 #D249C1 #D29E49 #49D259

split-complementary

#497DD2 #D25949 #C1D249

monochromatic

#204581 #2C5FB2 #497DD2 #7AA0DE #ABC3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#497DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#497DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DD2

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DD2	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5685D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4278D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.142 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a2e0',
    500: '#497dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497dd2;
$custom-light: #89a2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.226,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59477,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DD2

secondary

#D8C29F

accent

#A744E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DD2

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

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