#497BBC#497BBC

#497BBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.114 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BBC
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 188)
HSL	hsl(214, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(214, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 34.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.93, 3.36, -39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.93, 39.33, 274.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% -0.0284 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.114 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9045, 19.2115, 50.2791)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BBC #BC8A49

analogous

#49B4BC #497BBC #5049BC

triadic

#497BBC #BC497B #7BBC49

tetradic

#497BBC #BC49B4 #BC8A49 #49BC50

square

#497BBC #BC49B4 #BC8A49 #49BC50

split-complementary

#497BBC #BC5049 #B4BC49

monochromatic

#254165 #365E92 #497BBC #769BCC #A2BCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#497BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#497BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BBC

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BBC	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5074BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.114 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a0d0',
    500: '#497bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bbc;
$custom-light: #86a0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57759,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BBC

secondary

#CAB497

accent

#9D52D6

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BBC

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

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