#497DE8#497DE8

#497DE8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.171 H 262.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DE8
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 232)
HSL	hsl(220, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(220, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 46.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, 17.40, -59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 61.84, 286.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.0213 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.171 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6416, 21.9074, 79.2582)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DE8 #E8B449

analogous

#49CDE8 #497DE8 #6449E8

triadic

#497DE8 #E8497D #7DE849

tetradic

#497DE8 #E849CD #E8B449 #49E864

square

#497DE8 #E849CD #E8B449 #49E864

split-complementary

#497DE8 #E86449 #CDE849

monochromatic

#1443A2 #1B59D8 #497DE8 #7FA4EF #B6CBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#497DE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#497DE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DE8

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DE8	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4689EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#237AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497de8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.171 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da2f0',
    500: '#497de8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497de8;
$custom-light: #8da2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497de8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.377,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60867,
    "c": 0.17132,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DE8

secondary

#E5D1A8

accent

#B534F4

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0F17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DE8

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

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