#497FC8#497FC8

#497FC8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.126 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FC8
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 200)
HSL	hsl(214, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 36.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 5.03, -43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 43.56, 276.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% -0.0296 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.126 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7586, 20.7634, 57.5461)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FC8 #C89249

analogous

#49BEC8 #497FC8 #5249C8

triadic

#497FC8 #C8497F #7FC849

tetradic

#497FC8 #C849BE #C89249 #49C852

square

#497FC8 #C849BE #C89249 #49C852

split-complementary

#497FC8 #C85249 #BEC849

monochromatic

#234574 #3161A3 #497FC8 #78A0D6 #A7C1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#497FC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#497FC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FC8

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FC8	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F84CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E78C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.126 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3d9',
    500: '#497fc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fc8;
$custom-light: #87a3d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.488,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59328,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FC8

secondary

#D2BA9B

accent

#9F4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F3FA

border

#CBCDD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FC8

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

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