#497ABC#497ABC

#497ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.116 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497ABC
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 188)
HSL	hsl(214, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(214, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 35.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 3.96, -39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 39.84, 275.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% -0.0273 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.116 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7811, 18.9647, 50.2380)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497ABC #BC8B49

analogous

#49B3BC #497ABC #5149BC

triadic

#497ABC #BC497A #7ABC49

tetradic

#497ABC #BC49B3 #BC8B49 #49BC51

square

#497ABC #BC49B3 #BC8B49 #49BC51

split-complementary

#497ABC #BC5149 #B3BC49

monochromatic

#254165 #365D92 #497ABC #769BCC #A2BBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#497ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#497ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497ABC

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497ABC	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F74BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.116 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a0d0',
    500: '#497abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497abc;
$custom-light: #86a0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.435,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57534,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497ABC

secondary

#CAB497

accent

#9E52D6

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497ABC

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

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