#497CB7#497CB7

#497CB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.107 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CB7
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 183)
HSL	hsl(212, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 32.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 1.07, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 36.26, 271.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% -0.0309 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.107 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4995, 19.2490, 47.5311)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CB7 #B78449

analogous

#49B3B7 #497CB7 #4D49B7

triadic

#497CB7 #B7497C #7CB749

tetradic

#497CB7 #B749B3 #B78449 #49B74D

square

#497CB7 #B749B3 #B78449 #49B74D

split-complementary

#497CB7 #B74D49 #B3B749

monochromatic

#264160 #375E8C #497CB7 #759CC8 #A1BBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#497CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#497CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CB7

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CB7	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637FBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5575B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.107 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a1cd',
    500: '#497cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cb7;
$custom-light: #85a1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.182,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57712,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CB7

secondary

#C6B095

accent

#9855D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CB7

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

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