#497CB3#497CB3

#497CB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.102 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CB3
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 179)
HSL	hsl(211, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(211, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 30.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, -0.27, -34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 34.23, 269.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% -0.032 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.102 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0891, 19.0848, 45.3696)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CB3 #B38049

analogous

#49B1B3 #497CB3 #4B49B3

triadic

#497CB3 #B3497C #7CB349

tetradic

#497CB3 #B349B1 #B38049 #49B34B

square

#497CB3 #B349B1 #B38049 #49B34B

split-complementary

#497CB3 #B34B49 #B1B349

monochromatic

#26405C #375E88 #497CB3 #739BC6 #9FBAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#497CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#497CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CB3

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CB3	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)

#657FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5774B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.102 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a1ca',
    500: '#497cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cb3;
$custom-light: #84a1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.132,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.575,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CB3

secondary

#C4AD93

accent

#9656D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CB3

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

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