#497FD5#497FD5

#497FD5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.144 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FD5
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 213)
HSL	hsl(217, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(217, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 40.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, 9.52, -49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 50.45, 280.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% -0.0266 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.144 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3430, 21.3971, 65.8905)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FD5 #D59F49

analogous

#49C5D5 #497FD5 #5949D5

triadic

#497FD5 #D5497F #7FD549

tetradic

#497FD5 #D549C5 #D59F49 #49D559

square

#497FD5 #D549C5 #D59F49 #49D559

split-complementary

#497FD5 #D55949 #C5D549

monochromatic

#1F4685 #2A60B7 #497FD5 #7BA2E0 #ACC5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#497FD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#497FD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FD5

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FD5	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5887D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0093A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.144 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa3e2',
    500: '#497fd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fd5;
$custom-light: #8aa3e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60091,
    "c": 0.14366,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FD5

secondary

#DAC4A0

accent

#A742E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F3FB

border

#CBCDD4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FD5

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

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