#497FD9#497FD9

#497FD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.149 H 260.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FD9
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 217)
HSL	hsl(218, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 41.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 10.92, -51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 52.59, 281.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0258 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.149 260)
XYZ	xyz(22.8569, 21.6027, 68.5974)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FD9 #D9A349

analogous

#49C7D9 #497FD9 #5B49D9

triadic

#497FD9 #D9497F #7FD949

tetradic

#497FD9 #D949C7 #D9A349 #49D95B

square

#497FD9 #D949C7 #D9A349 #49D95B

split-complementary

#497FD9 #D95B49 #C7D949

monochromatic

#1D468B #2860BD #497FD9 #7CA3E4 #AEC6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#497FD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#497FD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FD9

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FD9	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5587DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.149 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa3e5',
    500: '#497fd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fd9;
$custom-light: #8aa3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60334,
    "c": 0.149,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.21605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FD9

secondary

#DCC6A2

accent

#A93FE8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F3FC

border

#CBCDD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FD9

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

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