#497DE0#497DE0

#497DE0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.161 H 261.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DE0
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 224)
HSL	hsl(219, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(219, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 44.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, 14.59, -55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 57.51, 284.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.0226 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.161 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5310, 21.4632, 73.4093)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DE0 #E0AC49

analogous

#49C8E0 #497DE0 #6049E0

triadic

#497DE0 #E0497D #7DE049

tetradic

#497DE0 #E049C8 #E0AC49 #49E060

square

#497DE0 #E049C8 #E0AC49 #49E060

split-complementary

#497DE0 #E06049 #C8E049

monochromatic

#194495 #225CC9 #497DE0 #7DA2E9 #B2C8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#497DE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#497DE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DE0

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DE0	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D87E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3179DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497de0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.161 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba2ea',
    500: '#497de0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497de0;
$custom-light: #8ba2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497de0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.338,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60348,
    "c": 0.16065,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DE0

secondary

#E0CCA4

accent

#B03AEE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DE0

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

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