#497BB9#497BB9

#497BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.110 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BB9
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 185)
HSL	hsl(213, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, 2.34, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 37.77, 273.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% -0.0292 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.11 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5844, 19.0835, 48.5936)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BB9 #B98749

analogous

#49B3B9 #497BB9 #4F49B9

triadic

#497BB9 #B9497B #7BB949

tetradic

#497BB9 #B949B3 #B98749 #49B94F

square

#497BB9 #B949B3 #B98749 #49B94F

split-complementary

#497BB9 #B94F49 #B3B949

monochromatic

#264162 #375E8E #497BB9 #759BCA #A1BBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#497BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#497BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BB9

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BB9	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5274B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.110 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a0ce',
    500: '#497bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bb9;
$custom-light: #85a0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.214,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57593,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BB9

secondary

#C8B296

accent

#9B54D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BB9

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

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