#497FCC#497FCC

#497FCC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.132 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FCC
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 204)
HSL	hsl(215, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 37.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, 6.41, -45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 45.67, 278.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0286 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.132 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2322, 20.9528, 60.0404)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FCC #CC9649

analogous

#49C1CC #497FCC #5549CC

triadic

#497FCC #CC497F #7FCC49

tetradic

#497FCC #CC49C1 #CC9649 #49CC55

square

#497FCC #CC49C1 #CC9649 #49CC55

split-complementary

#497FCC #CC5549 #C1CC49

monochromatic

#224679 #2F61A9 #497FCC #79A1D9 #A9C2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#497FCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#497FCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FCC

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FCC	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D85CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B79CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00919C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.132 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a3dc',
    500: '#497fcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fcc;
$custom-light: #88a3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.267,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59558,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FCC

secondary

#D4BD9D

accent

#A148E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F3FB

border

#CBCDD4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FCC

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

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