#497EDD#497EDD

#497EDD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.155 H 261.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EDD
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 221)
HSL	hsl(219, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(219, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 43%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 12.93, -53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 55.31, 283.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% -0.0241 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.155 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2550, 21.5563, 71.3278)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EDD #DDA849

analogous

#49C8DD #497EDD #5E49DD

triadic

#497EDD #DD497E #7EDD49

tetradic

#497EDD #DD49C8 #DDA849 #49DD5E

square

#497EDD #DD49C8 #DDA849 #49DD5E

split-complementary

#497EDD #DD5E49 #C8DD49

monochromatic

#1B4591 #255EC4 #497EDD #7DA3E7 #B0C7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#497EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#497EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EDD

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EDD	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5187E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.155 261.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba2e8',
    500: '#497edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497edd;
$custom-light: #8ba2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.514,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60369,
    "c": 0.15548,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EDD

secondary

#DFC9A3

accent

#AD3CEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EDD

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

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