#497EFF#497EFF

#497EFF is a light, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.200 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EFF
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 255)
HSL	hsl(223, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(223, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 50.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 24.90, -69.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 73.69, 289.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0192 -0.1994)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.2 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2521, 23.5552, 97.6460)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EFF #FFCA49

analogous

#49D9FF #497EFF #6F49FF

triadic

#497EFF #FF497E #7EFF49

tetradic

#497EFF #FF49D9 #FFCA49 #49FF6F

square

#497EFF #FF49D9 #FFCA49 #49FF6F

split-complementary

#497EFF #FF6F49 #D9FF49

monochromatic

#003CCE #0C53FF #497EFF #86A9FF #C3D5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#497EFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#497EFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EFF

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EFF	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C8EFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007DFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497eff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.200 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91a2ff',
    500: '#497eff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497eff;
$custom-light: #91a2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497eff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.527,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62636,
    "c": 0.20035,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EFF

secondary

#F1DFB2

accent

#A300E6

background

#F9F9FF

surface

#F2F2FF

border

#CCCCD7

text

#0E0F18

muted

#7E7E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EFF

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

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