#497EDE#497EDE

#497EDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.157 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EDE
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 222)
HSL	hsl(219, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(219, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 43.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 13.28, -54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 55.85, 283.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% -0.0239 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.157 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3886, 21.6098, 72.0316)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EDE #DEA949

analogous

#49C8DE #497EDE #5F49DE

triadic

#497EDE #DE497E #7EDE49

tetradic

#497EDE #DE49C8 #DEA949 #49DE5F

square

#497EDE #DE49C8 #DEA949 #49DE5F

split-complementary

#497EDE #DE5F49 #C8DE49

monochromatic

#1A4592 #245EC6 #497EDE #7DA3E7 #B1C7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#497EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#497EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EDE

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EDE	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5087E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.157 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba2e9',
    500: '#497ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ede;
$custom-light: #8ba2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.658,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60432,
    "c": 0.15682,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EDE

secondary

#DFCAA4

accent

#AD3CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EDE

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

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