#497FDC#497FDC

#497FDC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.153 H 260.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FDC
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 220)
HSL	hsl(218, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(218, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 42.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 11.97, -52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 54.21, 282.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0252 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.153 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2507, 21.7602, 70.6711)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#497FDC #DCA649

analogous

#49C9DC #497FDC #5C49DC

triadic

#497FDC #DC497F #7FDC49

tetradic

#497FDC #DC49C9 #DCA649 #49DC5C

square

#497FDC #DC49C9 #DCA649 #49DC5C

split-complementary

#497FDC #DC5C49 #C9DC49

monochromatic

#1C468F #255FC2 #497FDC #7CA3E6 #B0C7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#497FDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#497FDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FDC

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FDC	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5388E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.153 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba3e7',
    500: '#497fdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fdc;
$custom-light: #8ba3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.959,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60519,
    "c": 0.15301,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FDC

secondary

#DEC8A3

accent

#AB3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F3FC

border

#CBCDD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FDC

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

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