#497CB8 — Blue
#497CB8 is a blue in the Blue family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty medium blue, and it is also commonly known as Blue, Cobalt Blue. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.
#497CB8
Tints and shades (50–950)
Accessibility
Contrast on white
4.32:1
Contrast on black
4.86:1
- AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
- AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
- AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
- AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
- UI components (3:1) on whitePass
Need a passing variant? Repair this color in the contrast checker.
Complementary palette
Analogous palette
Triadic palette
Copy-ready CSS
brand-scale.css
:root {
--brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.008 253.6); /* #f2f6fb */
--brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.017 253.6); /* #e2ebf5 */
--brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.035 253.6); /* #c9dbf1 */
--brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.064 253.6); /* #a4c3e9 */
--brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.094 253.6); /* #78a5dc */
--brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.114 253.6); /* #578ece */
--brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.111 253.6); /* #477cba */
--brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.105 253.6); /* #36669f */
--brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.093 253.6); /* #2b5586 */
--brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.084 253.6); /* #234873 */
--brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.059 253.6); /* #122a45 */
}