#497EB9#497EB9

#497EB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.108 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EB9
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 185)
HSL	hsl(212, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 31.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 0.54, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 36.33, 270.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% -0.0325 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.108 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9623, 19.8392, 48.7196)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EB9 #B98449

analogous

#49B6B9 #497EB9 #4C49B9

triadic

#497EB9 #B9497E #7EB949

tetradic

#497EB9 #B949B6 #B98449 #49B94C

square

#497EB9 #B949B6 #B98449 #49B94C

split-complementary

#497EB9 #B94C49 #B6B949

monochromatic

#264262 #37608E #497EB9 #759DCA #A1BDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#497EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#497EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EB9

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EB9	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6581BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5676B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.108 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a3ce',
    500: '#497eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497eb9;
$custom-light: #85a3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.607,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58275,
    "c": 0.10758,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EB9

secondary

#C8B096

accent

#9754D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F9

border

#CBCDD2

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EB9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →