#497EC8#497EC8

#497EC8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.127 H 257.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EC8
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 200)
HSL	hsl(215, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 37%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 5.64, -43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 44.08, 277.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% -0.0285 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.127 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6301, 20.5064, 57.5033)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EC8 #C89349

analogous

#49BDC8 #497EC8 #5349C8

triadic

#497EC8 #C8497E #7EC849

tetradic

#497EC8 #C849BD #C89349 #49C853

square

#497EC8 #C849BD #C89349 #49C853

split-complementary

#497EC8 #C85349 #BDC849

monochromatic

#234574 #3161A3 #497EC8 #789FD6 #A7C1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#497EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#497EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EC8

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EC8	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E84CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C78C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.127 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3d9',
    500: '#497ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ec8;
$custom-light: #87a3d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.961,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59106,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EC8

secondary

#D2BB9B

accent

#A04BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EC8

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

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