#497CB2#497CB2

#497CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.100 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CB2
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 178)
HSL	hsl(211, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(211, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 30.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, -0.60, -33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 33.73, 268.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% -0.0323 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.1 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9883, 19.0445, 44.8389)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CB2 #B27F49

analogous

#49B1B2 #497CB2 #4A49B2

triadic

#497CB2 #B2497C #7CB249

tetradic

#497CB2 #B249B1 #B27F49 #49B24A

square

#497CB2 #B249B1 #B27F49 #49B24A

split-complementary

#497CB2 #B24A49 #B1B249

monochromatic

#25405B #375E87 #497CB2 #739BC5 #9EBAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#497CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#497CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CB2

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CB2	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)

#657EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5874B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.100 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a1c9',
    500: '#497cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cb2;
$custom-light: #84a1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.857,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57447,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CB2

secondary

#C4AC93

accent

#9656D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CB2

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

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