#497EC3#497EC3

#497EC3 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.121 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EC3
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 195)
HSL	hsl(214, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(214, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 35.4%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 3.93, -41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 41.46, 275.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% -0.0298 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.121 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0553, 20.2764, 54.4760)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EC3 #C38E49

analogous

#49BBC3 #497EC3 #5149C3

triadic

#497EC3 #C3497E #7EC349

tetradic

#497EC3 #C349BB #C38E49 #49C351

square

#497EC3 #C349BB #C38E49 #49C351

split-complementary

#497EC3 #C35149 #BBC349

monochromatic

#24446E #33619C #497EC3 #779FD2 #A5BFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#497EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#497EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EC3

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EC3	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6083C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5077C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.121 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3d5',
    500: '#497ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ec3;
$custom-light: #87a3d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.934,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58822,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EC3

secondary

#CEB799

accent

#9D4EDA

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EC3

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

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