#497CB8#497CB8

#497CB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.108 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CB8
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 184)
HSL	hsl(212, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 32.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 1.40, -36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 36.77, 272.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% -0.0306 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.108 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6039, 19.2908, 48.0812)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CB8 #B88549

analogous

#49B4B8 #497CB8 #4D49B8

triadic

#497CB8 #B8497C #7CB849

tetradic

#497CB8 #B849B4 #B88549 #49B84D

square

#497CB8 #B849B4 #B88549 #49B84D

split-complementary

#497CB8 #B84D49 #B4B849

monochromatic

#264161 #375E8D #497CB8 #759CC9 #A1BBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#497CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#497CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CB8

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CB8	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5475B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.108 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a1cd',
    500: '#497cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497cb8;
$custom-light: #85a1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.432,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57766,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CB8

secondary

#C7B096

accent

#9954D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CB8

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

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