#497EC9#497EC9

#497EC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.129 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EC9
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 201)
HSL	hsl(215, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 37.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 5.98, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 44.61, 277.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% -0.0283 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.129 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7474, 20.5533, 58.1208)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EC9 #C99449

analogous

#49BEC9 #497EC9 #5449C9

triadic

#497EC9 #C9497E #7EC949

tetradic

#497EC9 #C949BE #C99449 #49C954

square

#497EC9 #C949BE #C99449 #49C954

split-complementary

#497EC9 #C95449 #BEC949

monochromatic

#234575 #3160A4 #497EC9 #789FD7 #A7C1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#497EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#497EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EC9

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EC9	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D84CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B78C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.129 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a3da',
    500: '#497ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ec9;
$custom-light: #88a3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.156,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59164,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EC9

secondary

#D2BC9C

accent

#A14ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EC9

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

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