#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
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 236)
HSL	hsl(220, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(220, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 46.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, 18.20, -60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 63.42, 286.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% -0.0216 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.175 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3435, 22.3917, 82.3270)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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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
##497EEC	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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