#497FD3#497FD3

#497FD3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.141 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FD3
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 211)
HSL	hsl(217, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 39.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, 8.83, -48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 49.38, 280.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% -0.027 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.141 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0907, 21.2962, 64.5618)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FD3 #D39D49

analogous

#49C4D3 #497FD3 #5849D3

triadic

#497FD3 #D3497F #7FD349

tetradic

#497FD3 #D349C4 #D39D49 #49D358

square

#497FD3 #D349C4 #D39D49 #49D358

split-complementary

#497FD3 #D35849 #C4D349

monochromatic

#1F4682 #2B61B3 #497FD3 #7AA2DF #ACC4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#497FD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#497FD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FD3

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FD3	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5986D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4479D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00929F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.141 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a3e1',
    500: '#497fd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fd3;
$custom-light: #89a3e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.522,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59971,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FD3

secondary

#D9C29F

accent

#A544E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F3FB

border

#CBCDD4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FD3

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

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