#497BBB#497BBB

#497BBB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.113 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BBB
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 187)
HSL	hsl(214, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(214, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 34.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 3.02, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 38.81, 274.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% -0.0287 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.113 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7970, 19.1685, 49.7134)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BBB #BB8949

analogous

#49B4BB #497BBB #5049BB

triadic

#497BBB #BB497B #7BBB49

tetradic

#497BBB #BB49B4 #BB8949 #49BB50

square

#497BBB #BB49B4 #BB8949 #49BB50

split-complementary

#497BBB #BB5049 #B4BB49

monochromatic

#254164 #365E91 #497BBB #769BCC #A2BCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#497BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#497BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BBB

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BBB	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5174BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.113 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a0d0',
    500: '#497bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bbb;
$custom-light: #85a0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.684,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57703,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BBB

secondary

#C9B397

accent

#9C53D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BBB

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

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