#497ECA#497ECA

#497ECA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.130 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497ECA
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 202)
HSL	hsl(215, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 37.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, 6.32, -44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 45.14, 278.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% -0.0281 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.13 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8654, 20.6005, 58.7423)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497ECA #CA9549

analogous

#49BFCA #497ECA #5549CA

triadic

#497ECA #CA497E #7ECA49

tetradic

#497ECA #CA49BF #CA9549 #49CA55

square

#497ECA #CA49BF #CA9549 #49CA55

split-complementary

#497ECA #CA5549 #BFCA49

monochromatic

#224576 #3060A6 #497ECA #78A0D8 #A8C1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#497ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#497ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497ECA

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497ECA	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D84CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A78C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.130 257.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.349,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59222,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497ECA

secondary

#D3BC9C

accent

#A14ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497ECA

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

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