#497FB4#497FB4

#497FB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.100 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FB4
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 180)
HSL	hsl(210, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(210, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, -1.72, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 33.41, 267.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% -0.0351 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.1 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5723, 19.8888, 46.0314)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FB4 #B47E49

analogous

#49B4B4 #497FB4 #494AB4

triadic

#497FB4 #B4497F #7FB449

tetradic

#497FB4 #B449B4 #B47E49 #4AB449

square

#497FB4 #B449B4 #B47E49 #4AB449

split-complementary

#497FB4 #B4494A #B4B449

monochromatic

#26425D #376088 #497FB4 #749DC7 #9FBCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#497FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#497FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FB4

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FB4	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6981B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A77B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.100 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a3ca',
    500: '#497fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fb4;
$custom-light: #84a3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.72,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58242,
    "c": 0.10028,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FB4

secondary

#C5AC94

accent

#9356D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F8

border

#CBCDD1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FB4

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

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