#497DEC#497DEC

#497DEC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.177 H 263.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DEC
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 236)
HSL	hsl(221, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(221, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 47%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, 18.81, -61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 64.01, 287.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% -0.0207 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.177 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2162, 22.1372, 82.2846)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DEC #ECB849

analogous

#49CEEC #497DEC #6649EC

triadic

#497DEC #EC497D #7DEC49

tetradic

#497DEC #EC49CE #ECB849 #49EC66

square

#497DEC #EC49CE #ECB849 #49EC66

split-complementary

#497DEC #EC6649 #CEEC49

monochromatic

#1242A9 #1758E0 #497DEC #80A5F2 #B8CCF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#497DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#497DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DEC

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DEC	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4289F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#197BEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0097A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.177 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea2f3',
    500: '#497dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497dec;
$custom-light: #8ea2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.859,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61132,
    "c": 0.17662,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DEC

secondary

#E7D4A9

accent

#9908DD

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0F17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DEC

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

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