#497DE1#497DE1

#497DE1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.162 H 262.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DE1
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 225)
HSL	hsl(219, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(219, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 44.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 14.94, -56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 58.05, 284.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% -0.0224 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.162 262)
XYZ	xyz(23.6671, 21.5176, 74.1256)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DE1 #E1AD49

analogous

#49C9E1 #497DE1 #6149E1

triadic

#497DE1 #E1497D #7DE149

tetradic

#497DE1 #E149C9 #E1AD49 #49E161

square

#497DE1 #E149C9 #E1AD49 #49E161

split-complementary

#497DE1 #E16149 #C9E149

monochromatic

#194497 #225CCB #497DE1 #7EA3EA #B2C8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#497DE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#497DE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DE1

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DE1	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C87E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3079DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497de1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.162 262.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca2eb',
    500: '#497de1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497de1;
$custom-light: #8ca2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497de1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.474,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60412,
    "c": 0.16199,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.2152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DE1

secondary

#E1CCA5

accent

#B039EE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DE1

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

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