#497BB6#497BB6

#497BB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.107 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BB6
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 182)
HSL	hsl(212, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 32.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 1.33, -36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 36.22, 272.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% -0.0301 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.107 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2711, 18.9582, 46.9433)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BB6 #B68449

analogous

#49B2B6 #497BB6 #4D49B6

triadic

#497BB6 #B6497B #7BB649

tetradic

#497BB6 #B649B2 #B68449 #49B64D

square

#497BB6 #B649B2 #B68449 #49B64D

split-complementary

#497BB6 #B64D49 #B2B649

monochromatic

#26405F #375D8A #497BB6 #759BC8 #A0BAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#497BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#497BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BB6

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BB6	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)

#627EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5474B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.107 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a0cc',
    500: '#497bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bb6;
$custom-light: #85a0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.477,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57431,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BB6

secondary

#C6AF95

accent

#9955D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BB6

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

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