#497EE0#497EE0

#497EE0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.159 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EE0
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 224)
HSL	hsl(219, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(219, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 43.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, 13.98, -55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 56.93, 284.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0235 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.159 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6583, 21.7176, 73.4517)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EE0 #E0AB49

analogous

#49CAE0 #497EE0 #5F49E0

triadic

#497EE0 #E0497E #7EE049

tetradic

#497EE0 #E049CA #E0AB49 #49E05F

square

#497EE0 #E049CA #E0AB49 #49E05F

split-complementary

#497EE0 #E05F49 #CAE049

monochromatic

#194595 #225DC9 #497EE0 #7DA3E9 #B2C8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#497EE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#497EE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EE0

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EE0	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E88E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0095A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.159 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba2ea',
    500: '#497ee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ee0;
$custom-light: #8ba2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.94,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60559,
    "c": 0.15949,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EE0

secondary

#E0CBA4

accent

#AF3AEE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EE0

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

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