#497ABD#497ABD

#497ABD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.117 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497ABD
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 189)
HSL	hsl(215, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(215, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 35.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 4.30, -40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 40.36, 276.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% -0.0271 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.117 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8892, 19.0079, 50.8077)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497ABD #BD8C49

analogous

#49B4BD #497ABD #5249BD

triadic

#497ABD #BD497A #7ABD49

tetradic

#497ABD #BD49B4 #BD8C49 #49BD52

square

#497ABD #BD49B4 #BD8C49 #49BD52

split-complementary

#497ABD #BD5249 #B4BD49

monochromatic

#254166 #355D93 #497ABD #769BCD #A3BCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#497ABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#497ABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497ABD

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497ABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497ABD	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E74BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497abd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.117 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a0d1',
    500: '#497abd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497abd;
$custom-light: #86a0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497abd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.655,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5759,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497ABD

secondary

#CAB597

accent

#9E51D6

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497ABD

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

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