#497FB2#497FB2

#497FB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.098 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FB2
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 178)
HSL	hsl(209, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 28.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, -2.38, -32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 32.44, 265.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% -0.0357 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.098 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3700, 19.8079, 44.9661)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FB2 #B27C49

analogous

#49B2B1 #497FB2 #494AB2

triadic

#497FB2 #B2497F #7FB249

tetradic

#497FB2 #B149B2 #B27C49 #4AB249

square

#497FB2 #B149B2 #B27C49 #4AB249

split-complementary

#497FB2 #B2494A #B2B149

monochromatic

#25415B #376087 #497FB2 #739DC5 #9EBCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#497FB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#497FB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FB2

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FB2	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6981B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B76B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.098 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a3c9',
    500: '#497fb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fb2;
$custom-light: #84a3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.143,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58139,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FB2

secondary

#C4AB93

accent

#9256D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F8

border

#CBCDD1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FB2

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

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