#497cfd Color Information

#497cfd Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #497cfd. In RGB, it consists of 28.6% Red, 48.6% Green, and 99.2% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 71.1% Cyan, 51% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 0.8% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 223.0°, with saturation of 97.8% and lightness of 63.9%. The decimal value for #497cfd is 4816125, and its nearest "web safe" color is #3366ff. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #497cfd is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is cyan. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#497cfd Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color73, 124, 253 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color28.6%, 48.6%, 99.2% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.714, 0.514, 0.008 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.711, 0.51, 0, 0.008 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color223.0°, 97.8%, 63.9% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color223.0°, 71.1%, 99.2% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color27.685, 22.924, 95.894 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color73, 113, 253 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code4816125 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color54.994, 25.433, -69.305 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)54.994, 73.825, 290.152 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color54.994, -21.343, -111.078 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color47.879, 19.427, -85.235 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.189, 0.156, 22.924 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4283006205 / 0xff497cfd Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#3366ff Copy
Last Updated: July 8, 2025

Shades of #497cfd

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #497cfd, its pure hue is 223.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 97.8%, and its lightness is 63.9%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #497cfd, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #091020 to #406ddd.

Tints of #497cfd

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #497cfd, its pure hue is 223.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 97.8%, and its lightness is 63.9%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #497cfd, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #608cfd to #e8efff.

Tones of #497cfd

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #497cfd, its pure hue is 223.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 97.8%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #497cfd, which range from #a3a3a3 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #477bff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #497cfd

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #497cfd! For #497cfd, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #497cfd. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #497cfd

This color, #497cfd, consists of 28.6% Red, 48.6% Green, and 99.2% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 73, Green = 124, Blue = 253. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #497cfd is 71.1% Cyan, 51% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 0.8% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R28.6%
C71.1%
G48.6%
M51.0%
B99.2%
Y0.0%
K0.8%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 73 124 253
Octal 111 174 375
Hexa #49 #7c #fd
Binary 01001001 01111100 11111101
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 71 50 0 0
Octal 107 62 0 0
Hexa #47 #32 #00 #00
Binary 01000111 00110010 00000000 00000000

Analogous Colors of #497cfd

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #497cfd — which has hue 223.0° — its analogous colors are located at 193.0° and 253.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #497cfd.

Triadic Colors of #497cfd

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #497cfd — which has hue 223.0° — its triadic colors are located at 103.0° and 343.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #497cfd.

Complementary Color of #497cfd

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #497cfd — which has hue 223.0° — its complementary color is located at 43.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #497cfd.

Split Complementary Colors of #497cfd

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #497cfd — which has hue 223.0° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 13.0° and 223.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #497cfd.

Tetradic Colors of #497cfd

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #497cfd — which has hue 223.0° — its tetradic colors are located at 133.0°, 223.0°, 313.0°, and 43.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #497cfd.

Monochromatic Colors of #497cfd

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #497cfd, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #0444e6 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #a4bdff (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #497cfd

We want to make getting started with #497cfd on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #497cfd into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #497cfd can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #497cfd with other HTML elements.

#497cfd Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #497cfd.
<span style="color: #497cfd;">The color of this text is #497cfd.</span>

#497cfd Background Color

The background color for this text is #497cfd.
<div style="background-color: #497cfd; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #497cfd.</div>

#497cfd Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #497cfd.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #497cfd;">This color for the shadow of this text is #497cfd.</span>

#497cfd Border Color

This is a div with border color #497cfd.
<div style="border: #497cfd 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #497cfd.</div>

#497cfd Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #497cfd on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #497cfd; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #497cfd on a white background.</div></div>

#497cfd Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #497cfd on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #497cfd; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #497cfd on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #497cfd to White

This is a gradient from #497cfd to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#497cfd,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#497cfd,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#497cfd,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#497cfd,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #497cfd to white.</div>

Gradient from #497cfd to Black

This is a gradient from #497cfd to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#497cfd,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#497cfd,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#497cfd,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#497cfd,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #497cfd to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #497cfd

In addition to using #497cfd on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #497cfd in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #497cfd, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 73, Green = 124, Blue = 253). If you need details about the color coordinates of #497cfd in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #497cfd
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(73, 124, 253)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #497cfd; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #497cfd; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #497cfd; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(73, 124, 253);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#497cfd")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:73, green:124, blue:253, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:73 green:124 blue:253 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(73f, 124f, 253f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(73, 124, 253);
 

#497cfd Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #497cfd the same way. For those with color blindness, #497cfd might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #497cfd looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #497cfd is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #497cfd looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #497cfd will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #497cfd is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 3.8:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #497cfd would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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