#497EE8#497EE8

#497EE8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.170 H 262.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EE8
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 232)
HSL	hsl(220, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(220, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 45.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, 16.79, -58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 61.26, 285.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0222 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.17 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7688, 22.1618, 79.3006)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EE8 #E8B349

analogous

#49CEE8 #497EE8 #6449E8

triadic

#497EE8 #E8497E #7EE849

tetradic

#497EE8 #E849CE #E8B349 #49E864

square

#497EE8 #E849CE #E8B349 #49E864

split-complementary

#497EE8 #E86449 #CEE849

monochromatic

#1444A2 #1B5AD8 #497EE8 #7FA5EF #B6CBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#497EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#497EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EE8

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EE8	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4889EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#277BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0097A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.170 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da2f0',
    500: '#497ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ee8;
$custom-light: #8da2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61074,
    "c": 0.17015,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EE8

secondary

#E5D1A8

accent

#B434F4

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0F17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EE8

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

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