#497BB1#497BB1

#497BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.100 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BB1
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 177)
HSL	hsl(211, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(211, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 30.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, -0.34, -33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 33.69, 269.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% -0.0315 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.1 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7636, 18.7551, 44.2704)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BB1 #B17F49

analogous

#49AFB1 #497BB1 #4B49B1

triadic

#497BB1 #B1497B #7BB149

tetradic

#497BB1 #B149AF #B17F49 #49B14B

square

#497BB1 #B149AF #B17F49 #49B14B

split-complementary

#497BB1 #B14B49 #AFB149

monochromatic

#253F5A #375D86 #497BB1 #729AC5 #9EB9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#497BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#497BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BB1

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BB1	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5773B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.100 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a0c8',
    500: '#497bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bb1;
$custom-light: #84a0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.154,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57165,
    "c": 0.09999,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BB1

secondary

#C3AC92

accent

#9656D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BB1

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

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