#497ECD#497ECD

#497ECD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.134 H 258.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497ECD
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 205)
HSL	hsl(216, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(216, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 38.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 7.36, -46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 46.73, 279.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.0274 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.134 258.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2240, 20.7439, 60.6312)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497ECD #CD9849

analogous

#49C0CD #497ECD #5649CD

triadic

#497ECD #CD497E #7ECD49

tetradic

#497ECD #CD49C0 #CD9849 #49CD56

square

#497ECD #CD49C0 #CD9849 #49CD56

split-complementary

#497ECD #CD5649 #C0CD49

monochromatic

#22457A #2F60AA #497ECD #79A0DA #A9C2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#497ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#497ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497ECD

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497ECD	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B84D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4878CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.134 258.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.909,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59397,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 258.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497ECD

secondary

#D5BE9D

accent

#A348E0

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497ECD

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

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