#497FC3#497FC3

#497FC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.120 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FC3
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 195)
HSL	hsl(213, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(213, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 34.9%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 3.32, -40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 40.96, 274.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% -0.0308 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.12 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1838, 20.5334, 54.5189)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FC3 #C38D49

analogous

#49BCC3 #497FC3 #5049C3

triadic

#497FC3 #C3497F #7FC349

tetradic

#497FC3 #C349BC #C38D49 #49C350

square

#497FC3 #C349BC #C38D49 #49C350

split-complementary

#497FC3 #C35049 #BCC349

monochromatic

#24456E #33619C #497FC3 #779FD2 #A5C0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#497FC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#497FC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FC3

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FC3	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6283C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5178C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.120 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3d5',
    500: '#497fc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fc3;
$custom-light: #87a3d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.443,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59046,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FC3

secondary

#CEB799

accent

#9C4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F3FA

border

#CBCDD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FC3

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

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