#497ED3#497ED3

#497ED3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.142 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497ED3
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 211)
HSL	hsl(217, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 40.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, 9.44, -49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 49.93, 280.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.026 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.142 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9622, 21.0392, 64.5189)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497ED3 #D39E49

analogous

#49C3D3 #497ED3 #5949D3

triadic

#497ED3 #D3497E #7ED349

tetradic

#497ED3 #D349C3 #D39E49 #49D359

square

#497ED3 #D349C3 #D39E49 #49D359

split-complementary

#497ED3 #D35949 #C3D349

monochromatic

#1F4582 #2B60B3 #497ED3 #7AA1DF #ACC4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#497ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#497ED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497ED3

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497ED3	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5785D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4379D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00919E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.142 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a2e1',
    500: '#497ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ed3;
$custom-light: #89a2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.957,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59754,
    "c": 0.14209,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497ED3

secondary

#D9C39F

accent

#A744E4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497ED3

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

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