#497EEB#497EEB

#497EEB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.174 H 262.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EEB
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 235)
HSL	hsl(220, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(220, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 46.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, 17.85, -60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 62.88, 286.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.0217 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.174 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1986, 22.3337, 81.5640)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EEB #EBB649

analogous

#49CFEB #497EEB #6549EB

triadic

#497EEB #EB497E #7EEB49

tetradic

#497EEB #EB49CF #EBB649 #49EB65

square

#497EEB #EB49CF #EBB649 #49EB65

split-complementary

#497EEB #EB6549 #CFEB49

monochromatic

#1243A7 #1859DE #497EEB #80A5F1 #B7CCF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#497EEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#497EEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EEB

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EEB	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#458AEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#207BE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0097A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497eeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.174 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da2f2',
    500: '#497eeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497eeb;
$custom-light: #8da2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497eeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.37,
    "s": 80.198,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61271,
    "c": 0.17413,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EEB

secondary

#E7D3A9

accent

#9709DD

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0F17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EEB

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

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