#497FCB#497FCB

#497FCB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.130 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FCB
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 203)
HSL	hsl(215, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 37.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 6.06, -44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 45.14, 277.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0288 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.13 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1127, 20.9050, 59.4108)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FCB #CB9549

analogous

#49C0CB #497FCB #5449CB

triadic

#497FCB #CB497F #7FCB49

tetradic

#497FCB #CB49C0 #CB9549 #49CB54

square

#497FCB #CB49C0 #CB9549 #49CB54

split-complementary

#497FCB #CB5449 #C0CB49

monochromatic

#224677 #3061A7 #497FCB #79A0D9 #A8C2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#497FCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#497FCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FCB

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FCB	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E85CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B79C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.130 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a3db',
    500: '#497fcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fcb;
$custom-light: #88a3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.077,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.595,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FCB

secondary

#D4BD9C

accent

#A149DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F3FB

border

#CBCDD4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FCB

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

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