#497dd2

Color #497dd2

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.28 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#497dd2

RGB

rgb(73, 125, 210)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 60.4%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 65.2%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.2%, 40.5%, 0%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(52.66, 9.7, -49)

LCH

lch(52.66, 49.95, 281.2)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.1419, 259.73)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 28.6%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d29e49

Analogous

#49c2d2

#497dd2

#5949d2

Triadic

#497dd2

#d2497d

#7dd249

Split-complementary

#497dd2

#d25949

#c2d249

Tetradic

#497dd2

#9e49d2

#d29e49

#7dd249

Square

#497dd2

#d249c2

#d29e49

#49d259

Shades

Color #497dd2 mixed toward black.

#2f65bd

#255197

#1c3d72

#13284c

#091426

Tints

Color #497dd2 mixed toward white.

#6793da

#86a8e1

#a4bee9

#c2d4f0

#e1e9f8

Tones

Color #497dd2 mixed toward gray.

#5480c7

#6083bb

#6b85b0

#7788a4

#828b99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6464c2 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#615cbe · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#4db4b0 · ΔE 31.3

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #497dd2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#497dd2]

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

#497dd2 (#497dd2) is rgb(73, 125, 210) in RGB.

No, #497dd2 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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