#497ED5#497ED5

#497ED5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.145 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497ED5
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 213)
HSL	hsl(217, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(217, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 40.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, 10.13, -49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 51.01, 281.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0256 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.145 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2145, 21.1401, 65.8476)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497ED5 #D5A049

analogous

#49C4D5 #497ED5 #5A49D5

triadic

#497ED5 #D5497E #7ED549

tetradic

#497ED5 #D549C4 #D5A049 #49D55A

square

#497ED5 #D549C4 #D5A049 #49D55A

split-complementary

#497ED5 #D55A49 #C4D549

monochromatic

#1F4585 #2A5FB7 #497ED5 #7BA1E0 #ACC4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#497ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#497ED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497ED5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497ED5	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5686D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4179D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00929F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.145 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa2e2',
    500: '#497ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ed5;
$custom-light: #8aa2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59875,
    "c": 0.14477,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497ED5

secondary

#DAC4A0

accent

#A842E6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497ED5

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

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