#497ED0#497ED0

#497ED0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.138 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497ED0
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 208)
HSL	hsl(216, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(216, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 39.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 8.40, -47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 48.33, 280.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% -0.0267 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.138 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5896, 20.8902, 62.5567)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497ED0 #D09B49

analogous

#49C2D0 #497ED0 #5749D0

triadic

#497ED0 #D0497E #7ED049

tetradic

#497ED0 #D049C2 #D09B49 #49D057

square

#497ED0 #D049C2 #D09B49 #49D057

split-complementary

#497ED0 #D05749 #C2D049

monochromatic

#21457E #2D60AF #497ED0 #7AA0DD #AAC3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#497ED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#497ED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497ED0

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497ED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497ED0	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5985D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4578CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00919D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.138 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a2df',
    500: '#497ed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ed0;
$custom-light: #89a2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.444,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59574,
    "c": 0.13806,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497ED0

secondary

#D7C09E

accent

#A546E2

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497ED0

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

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