#497EE7#497EE7

#497EE7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.169 H 262.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EE7
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 231)
HSL	hsl(220, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(220, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 45.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, 16.44, -58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 60.72, 285.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.0223 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.169 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6272, 22.1052, 78.5547)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EE7 #E7B249

analogous

#49CDE7 #497EE7 #6349E7

triadic

#497EE7 #E7497E #7EE749

tetradic

#497EE7 #E749CD #E7B249 #49E763

square

#497EE7 #E749CD #E7B249 #49E763

split-complementary

#497EE7 #E76349 #CDE749

monochromatic

#1544A0 #1C5BD7 #497EE7 #7FA4EE #B5CBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#497EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#497EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EE7

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EE7	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4989EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#297BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.169 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da2ef',
    500: '#497ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ee7;
$custom-light: #8da2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.873,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61009,
    "c": 0.16883,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EE7

secondary

#E5D0A7

accent

#B335F3

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EE7

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

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