#497EDC#497EDC

#497EDC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.154 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EDC
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 220)
HSL	hsl(218, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(218, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 42.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, 12.58, -53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 54.77, 283.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0242 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.154 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1222, 21.5032, 70.6282)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EDC #DCA749

analogous

#49C8DC #497EDC #5D49DC

triadic

#497EDC #DC497E #7EDC49

tetradic

#497EDC #DC49C8 #DCA749 #49DC5D

square

#497EDC #DC49C8 #DCA749 #49DC5D

split-complementary

#497EDC #DC5D49 #C8DC49

monochromatic

#1C458F #255EC2 #497EDC #7CA2E6 #B0C7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#497EDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#497EDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EDC

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EDC	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5187E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3979DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497edc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.154 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba2e7',
    500: '#497edc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497edc;
$custom-light: #8ba2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497edc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.367,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60307,
    "c": 0.15415,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EDC

secondary

#DEC9A3

accent

#AC3DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EDC

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

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