#497EEC#497EEC

#497EEC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.175 H 262.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#497EEC
RGBrgb(73, 126, 236)
HSLhsl(220, 81%, 61%)
HSVhsv(220, 69%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(69.1%, 46.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(54.44, 18.20, -60.76)
CIE-LCHlch(54.44, 63.42, 286.67°)
OKLaboklab(61.34% -0.0216 -0.1741)
OKLCHoklch(61.34% 0.175 262.9)
XYZxyz(25.3435, 22.3917, 82.3270)
Luminance0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#497EEC #ECB749
analogous
#49CFEC #497EEC #6549EC
triadic
#497EEC #EC497E #7EEC49
tetradic
#497EEC #EC49CF #ECB749 #49EC65
square
#497EEC #EC49CF #ECB749 #49EC65
split-complementary
#497EEC #EC6549 #CFEC49
monochromatic
#1243A9 #1759E0 #497EEC #80A5F2 #B8CDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83
#497EEC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48
#497EEC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EEC
5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##497EEC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##497EEC1.003.835.485.48
#FFFFFF3.831.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4821.001.001.00
##0000005.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#448AF0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1E7BEA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0098AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #497eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.175 262.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea2f3',
    500: '#497eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #497eec;
$custom-light: #8ea2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#497eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.491,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61337,
    "c": 0.17545,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#497EEC
secondary
#E7D3A9
accent
#9808DD
background
#F9F9FE
surface
#F2F2FD
border
#CCCCD5
text
#0E0F17
muted
#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EEC

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#497EEC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva