#497EB8 — Blue
#497EB8 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.
#497EB8
Tints and shades (50–950)
Accessibility
Contrast on white
4.23:1
Contrast on black
4.96:1
- 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
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Complementary palette
Analogous palette
Triadic palette
Copy-ready CSS
brand-scale.css
:root {
--brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.008 252); /* #f2f6fb */
--brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.017 252); /* #e2ebf5 */
--brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.035 252); /* #c9dbf0 */
--brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.062 252); /* #a4c4e8 */
--brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.093 252); /* #77a6db */
--brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.112 252); /* #568fcd */
--brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.109 252); /* #467cb8 */
--brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.103 252); /* #35679d */
--brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.092 252); /* #2a5685 */
--brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.083 252); /* #224871 */
--brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.058 252); /* #122a45 */
}