#497DDE#497DDE

#497DDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.158 H 261.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DDE
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 222)
HSL	hsl(219, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(219, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 43.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 13.89, -54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 56.43, 284.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% -0.023 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.158 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2614, 21.3553, 71.9892)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DDE #DEAA49

analogous

#49C8DE #497DDE #5F49DE

triadic

#497DDE #DE497D #7DDE49

tetradic

#497DDE #DE49C8 #DEAA49 #49DE5F

square

#497DDE #DE49C8 #DEAA49 #49DE5F

split-complementary

#497DDE #DE5F49 #C8DE49

monochromatic

#1A4492 #245CC6 #497DDE #7DA2E7 #B1C7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#497DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#497DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DDE

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DDE	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E87E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3479DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0093A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.158 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba2e9',
    500: '#497dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497dde;
$custom-light: #8ba2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.06,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60221,
    "c": 0.15798,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DDE

secondary

#DFCAA4

accent

#AF3CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DDE

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

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