#497FEC#497FEC

#497FEC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.174 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FEC
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 236)
HSL	hsl(220, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(220, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 46.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, 17.58, -60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 62.83, 286.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0225 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.174 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4720, 22.6487, 82.3698)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FEC #ECB649

analogous

#49D0EC #497FEC #6449EC

triadic

#497FEC #EC497F #7FEC49

tetradic

#497FEC #EC49D0 #ECB649 #49EC64

square

#497FEC #EC49D0 #ECB649 #49EC64

split-complementary

#497FEC #EC6449 #D0EC49

monochromatic

#1244A9 #175AE0 #497FEC #80A6F2 #B8CDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#497FEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#497FEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FEC

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FEC	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#468BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#227CEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.174 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea3f3',
    500: '#497fec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fec;
$custom-light: #8ea3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.123,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61543,
    "c": 0.17429,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FEC

secondary

#E7D3A9

accent

#9708DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F3FD

border

#CCCDD5

text

#0E0F17

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FEC

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

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