#497EE4#497EE4

#497EE4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.165 H 262.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EE4
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 228)
HSL	hsl(219, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(219, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 44.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, 15.38, -57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 59.09, 285.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% -0.0228 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.165 262)
XYZ	xyz(24.2071, 21.9372, 76.3423)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EE4 #E4AF49

analogous

#49CCE4 #497EE4 #6249E4

triadic

#497EE4 #E4497E #7EE449

tetradic

#497EE4 #E449CC #E4AF49 #49E462

square

#497EE4 #E449CC #E4AF49 #49E462

split-complementary

#497EE4 #E46249 #CCE449

monochromatic

#17449C #1F5CD1 #497EE4 #7EA4EC #B4CAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#497EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#497EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EE4

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EE4	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B89E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.165 262.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca2ed',
    500: '#497ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ee4;
$custom-light: #8ca2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.484,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60814,
    "c": 0.16483,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.2194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EE4

secondary

#E3CEA6

accent

#B137F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EE4

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

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