#497dce

Color #497dce

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.8 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#497dce

RGB

rgb(73, 125, 206)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 57.6%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 64.6%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.6%, 39.3%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(52.44, 8.31, -47.08)

LCH

lch(52.44, 47.81, 280.01)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.1365, 258.98)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 28.6%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce9a49

Analogous

#49c0ce

#497dce

#5749ce

Triadic

#497dce

#ce497d

#7dce49

Split-complementary

#497dce

#ce5749

#c0ce49

Tetradic

#497dce

#9a49ce

#ce9a49

#7dce49

Square

#497dce

#ce49c0

#ce9a49

#49ce57

Shades

Color #497dce mixed toward black.

#3166b7

#275193

#1e3d6e

#142949

#0a1425

Tints

Color #497dce mixed toward white.

#6793d6

#86a8de

#a4bee7

#c2d4ef

#e1e9f7

Tones

Color #497dce mixed toward gray.

#547fc3

#5f82b8

#6a84ad

#7587a2

#808997

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6464be · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#615cba · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#4db1ae · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #497dce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#497dce]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#497dce (#497dce) is rgb(73, 125, 206) in RGB.

No, #497dce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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