#497DD4#497DD4

#497DD4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.145 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DD4
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 212)
HSL	hsl(218, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 41%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, 10.40, -49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 51.03, 281.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.0248 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.145 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9607, 20.8350, 65.1388)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DD4 #D4A049

analogous

#49C2D4 #497DD4 #5A49D4

triadic

#497DD4 #D4497D #7DD449

tetradic

#497DD4 #D449C2 #D4A049 #49D45A

square

#497DD4 #D449C2 #D4A049 #49D45A

split-complementary

#497DD4 #D45A49 #C2D449

monochromatic

#1F4584 #2B5EB5 #497DD4 #7BA0E0 #ACC4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#497DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#497DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DD4

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DD4	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5585D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4078D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00919E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.145 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a2e2',
    500: '#497dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497dd4;
$custom-light: #89a2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.554,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59598,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DD4

secondary

#D9C4A0

accent

#A843E5

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DD4

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

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