#497CB5#497CB5

#497CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.104 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CB5
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 181)
HSL	hsl(212, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 31.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 0.40, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 35.24, 270.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% -0.0315 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.104 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2928, 19.1663, 46.4426)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CB5 #B58249

analogous

#49B2B5 #497CB5 #4C49B5

triadic

#497CB5 #B5497C #7CB549

tetradic

#497CB5 #B549B2 #B58249 #49B54C

square

#497CB5 #B549B2 #B58249 #49B54C

split-complementary

#497CB5 #B54C49 #B2B549

monochromatic

#26405E #375E89 #497CB5 #749BC7 #A0BBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#497CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#497CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CB5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CB5	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)

#647FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5674B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.104 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a1cb',
    500: '#497cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cb5;
$custom-light: #85a1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.667,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57605,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CB5

secondary

#C5AE94

accent

#9755D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CB5

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

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