#497DDC#497DDC

#497DDC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.155 H 261.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DDC
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 220)
HSL	hsl(219, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(219, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 43.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 13.19, -53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 55.34, 283.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% -0.0233 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.155 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9949, 21.2487, 70.5858)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DDC #DCA849

analogous

#49C6DC #497DDC #5F49DC

triadic

#497DDC #DC497D #7DDC49

tetradic

#497DDC #DC49C6 #DCA849 #49DC5F

square

#497DDC #DC49C6 #DCA849 #49DC5F

split-complementary

#497DDC #DC5F49 #C6DC49

monochromatic

#1C448F #255DC2 #497DDC #7CA2E6 #B0C6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#497DDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#497DDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DDC

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DDC	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5086E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3779DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0093A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.155 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba2e7',
    500: '#497ddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ddc;
$custom-light: #8ba2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.776,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60094,
    "c": 0.15529,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DDC

secondary

#DEC9A3

accent

#AD3DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DDC

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

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