#497DBA#497DBA

#497DBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.110 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DBA
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 186)
HSL	hsl(212, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 32.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 1.48, -37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 37.31, 272.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% -0.0311 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.11 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9410, 19.6271, 49.2351)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DBA #BA8649

analogous

#49B6BA #497DBA #4D49BA

triadic

#497DBA #BA497D #7DBA49

tetradic

#497DBA #BA49B6 #BA8649 #49BA4D

square

#497DBA #BA49B6 #BA8649 #49BA4D

split-complementary

#497DBA #BA4D49 #B6BA49

monochromatic

#264263 #365F8F #497DBA #759DCB #A2BCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#497DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#497DBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DBA

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DBA	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6380BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5476B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.110 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a2cf',
    500: '#497dba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497dba;
$custom-light: #85a2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.389,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58101,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DBA

secondary

#C8B196

accent

#9953D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DBA

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

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