#497BB8#497BB8

#497BB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.109 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BB8
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 184)
HSL	hsl(213, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(213, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 33.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 2.00, -37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 37.25, 273.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% -0.0295 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.109 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4792, 19.0414, 48.0396)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BB8 #B88649

analogous

#49B3B8 #497BB8 #4E49B8

triadic

#497BB8 #B8497B #7BB849

tetradic

#497BB8 #B849B3 #B88649 #49B84E

square

#497BB8 #B849B3 #B88649 #49B84E

split-complementary

#497BB8 #B84E49 #B3B849

monochromatic

#264061 #375E8D #497BB8 #759BC9 #A1BBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#497BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#497BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BB8

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BB8	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5374B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.109 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a0cd',
    500: '#497bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bb8;
$custom-light: #85a0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.973,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57539,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BB8

secondary

#C7B196

accent

#9A54D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BB8

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

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