#497EC7#497EC7

#497EC7 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.126 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EC7
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 199)
HSL	hsl(215, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(215, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 36.7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 5.29, -43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 43.56, 276.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% -0.0288 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.126 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5136, 20.4598, 56.8898)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EC7 #C79249

analogous

#49BDC7 #497EC7 #5349C7

triadic

#497EC7 #C7497E #7EC749

tetradic

#497EC7 #C749BD #C79249 #49C753

square

#497EC7 #C749BD #C79249 #49C753

split-complementary

#497EC7 #C75349 #BDC749

monochromatic

#234572 #3261A1 #497EC7 #789FD5 #A7C0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#497EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#497EC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EC7

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EC7	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E83CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D77C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.126 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3d8',
    500: '#497ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ec7;
$custom-light: #87a3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.762,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59049,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EC7

secondary

#D1BA9B

accent

#9F4BDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EC7

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

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