#497BB3#497BB3

#497BB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.103 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BB3
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 179)
HSL	hsl(212, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(212, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 31.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 0.33, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 34.69, 270.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% -0.0309 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.103 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9644, 18.8355, 45.3280)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BB3 #B38149

analogous

#49B0B3 #497BB3 #4C49B3

triadic

#497BB3 #B3497B #7BB349

tetradic

#497BB3 #B349B0 #B38149 #49B34C

square

#497BB3 #B349B0 #B38149 #49B34C

split-complementary

#497BB3 #B34C49 #B0B349

monochromatic

#263F5C #375D88 #497BB3 #739AC6 #9FBAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#497BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#497BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BB3

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BB3	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5674B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.103 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a0ca',
    500: '#497bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bb3;
$custom-light: #84a0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.698,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57271,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BB3

secondary

#C4AD93

accent

#9756D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BB3

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

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