#497DD5#497DD5

#497DD5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.146 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DD5
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 213)
HSL	hsl(218, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 41.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 10.74, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 51.56, 282.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.0246 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.146 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0872, 20.8856, 65.8052)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DD5 #D5A149

analogous

#49C3D5 #497DD5 #5B49D5

triadic

#497DD5 #D5497D #7DD549

tetradic

#497DD5 #D549C3 #D5A149 #49D55B

square

#497DD5 #D549C3 #D5A149 #49D55B

split-complementary

#497DD5 #D55B49 #C3D549

monochromatic

#1F4585 #2A5EB7 #497DD5 #7BA1E0 #ACC4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#497DD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#497DD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DD5

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DD5	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5485D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F78D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00919F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497dd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.146 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa2e2',
    500: '#497dd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497dd5;
$custom-light: #8aa2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497dd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.714,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59659,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DD5

secondary

#DAC4A0

accent

#A942E6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DD5

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

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