#497ABB#497ABB

#497ABB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.114 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497ABB
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 187)
HSL	hsl(214, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(214, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 34.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 3.62, -39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 39.31, 275.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% -0.0276 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.114 256)
XYZ	xyz(18.6736, 18.9217, 49.6722)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497ABB #BB8A49

analogous

#49B3BB #497ABB #5149BB

triadic

#497ABB #BB497A #7ABB49

tetradic

#497ABB #BB49B3 #BB8A49 #49BB51

square

#497ABB #BB49B3 #BB8A49 #49BB51

split-complementary

#497ABB #BB5149 #B3BB49

monochromatic

#254064 #365D91 #497ABB #769BCC #A2BBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#497ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#497ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497ABB

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497ABB	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F74BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.114 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a0d0',
    500: '#497abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497abb;
$custom-light: #85a0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.211,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57478,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.18923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497ABB

secondary

#C9B397

accent

#9D53D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497ABB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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