#497EE3#497EE3

#497EE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.164 H 261.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EE3
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 227)
HSL	hsl(219, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(219, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 44.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 15.03, -56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 58.55, 284.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.023 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.164 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0687, 21.8818, 75.6133)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EE3 #E3AE49

analogous

#49CBE3 #497EE3 #6149E3

triadic

#497EE3 #E3497E #7EE349

tetradic

#497EE3 #E349CB #E3AE49 #49E361

square

#497EE3 #E349CB #E3AE49 #49E361

split-complementary

#497EE3 #E36149 #CBE349

monochromatic

#18459A #205CCF #497EE3 #7EA4EB #B3C9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#497EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#497EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EE3

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EE3	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C88E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0095A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.164 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca2ec',
    500: '#497ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ee3;
$custom-light: #8ca2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.351,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6075,
    "c": 0.1635,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EE3

secondary

#E2CDA6

accent

#B138F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EE3

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

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