#497ECC#497ECC

#497ECC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.133 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497ECC
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 204)
HSL	hsl(216, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(216, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 38.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 7.01, -45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 46.20, 278.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% -0.0276 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.133 258)
XYZ	xyz(21.1037, 20.6958, 59.9976)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497ECC #CC9749

analogous

#49C0CC #497ECC #5649CC

triadic

#497ECC #CC497E #7ECC49

tetradic

#497ECC #CC49C0 #CC9749 #49CC56

square

#497ECC #CC49C0 #CC9749 #49CC56

split-complementary

#497ECC #CC5649 #C0CC49

monochromatic

#224579 #2F60A9 #497ECC #79A0D9 #A9C2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#497ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#497ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497ECC

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497ECC	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C84CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4978CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.133 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a2dc',
    500: '#497ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ecc;
$custom-light: #88a2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.725,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59338,
    "c": 0.13271,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.20698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497ECC

secondary

#D4BE9D

accent

#A248E0

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497ECC

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

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