#497BBF#497BBF

#497BBF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.118 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BBF
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 191)
HSL	hsl(215, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(215, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 35.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 4.37, -40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 40.90, 276.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.0276 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.119 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2312, 19.3422, 52.0001)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BBF #BF8D49

analogous

#49B6BF #497BBF #5249BF

triadic

#497BBF #BF497B #7BBF49

tetradic

#497BBF #BF49B6 #BF8D49 #49BF52

square

#497BBF #BF49B6 #BF8D49 #49BF52

split-complementary

#497BBF #BF5249 #B6BF49

monochromatic

#254269 #355E96 #497BBF #769CCF #A4BDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#497BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#497BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BBF

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BBF	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E80C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E75BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.118 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a0d2',
    500: '#497bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bbf;
$custom-light: #86a0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.576,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57926,
    "c": 0.1185,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BBF

secondary

#CCB698

accent

#9E50D8

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BBF

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

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