#497EE9#497EE9

#497EE9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.171 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EE9
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 233)
HSL	hsl(220, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(220, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 45.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, 17.14, -59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 61.80, 286.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% -0.022 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.171 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9113, 22.2188, 80.0508)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EE9 #E9B449

analogous

#49CEE9 #497EE9 #6449E9

triadic

#497EE9 #E9497E #7EE949

tetradic

#497EE9 #E949CE #E9B449 #49E964

square

#497EE9 #E949CE #E9B449 #49E964

split-complementary

#497EE9 #E96449 #CEE949

monochromatic

#1444A4 #1A5ADA #497EE9 #80A5F0 #B6CBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#497EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#497EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EE9

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EE9	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#478AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#257BE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0097A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.171 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da2f1',
    500: '#497ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ee9;
$custom-light: #8da2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.125,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6114,
    "c": 0.17148,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EE9

secondary

#E6D1A8

accent

#B533F5

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0F17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EE9

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

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