#497DD7#497DD7

#497DD7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.149 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DD7
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 215)
HSL	hsl(218, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 41.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, 11.44, -51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 52.64, 282.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% -0.0242 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.149 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3426, 20.9878, 67.1504)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DD7 #D7A349

analogous

#49C4D7 #497DD7 #5C49D7

triadic

#497DD7 #D7497D #7DD749

tetradic

#497DD7 #D749C4 #D7A349 #49D75C

square

#497DD7 #D749C4 #D7A349 #49D75C

split-complementary

#497DD7 #D75C49 #C4D749

monochromatic

#1E4588 #295EBA #497DD7 #7BA1E2 #ADC5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#497DD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#497DD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DD7

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DD7	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5385DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D78D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00929F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497dd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.149 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa2e4',
    500: '#497dd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497dd7;
$custom-light: #8aa2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497dd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.028,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59782,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DD7

secondary

#DBC6A1

accent

#AA41E7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DD7

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

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