#497ED2#497ED2

#497ED2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.141 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497ED2
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 210)
HSL	hsl(217, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 40%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, 9.09, -48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 49.40, 280.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0263 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.141 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8372, 20.9892, 63.8608)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497ED2 #D29D49

analogous

#49C3D2 #497ED2 #5849D2

triadic

#497ED2 #D2497E #7ED249

tetradic

#497ED2 #D249C3 #D29D49 #49D258

square

#497ED2 #D249C3 #D29D49 #49D258

split-complementary

#497ED2 #D25849 #C3D249

monochromatic

#204581 #2C60B2 #497ED2 #7AA1DE #ABC4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#497ED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#497ED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497ED2

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497ED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497ED2	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5885D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4479D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00919E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.141 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a2e0',
    500: '#497ed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ed2;
$custom-light: #89a2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.788,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59694,
    "c": 0.14075,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497ED2

secondary

#D8C29F

accent

#A644E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497ED2

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

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