#497cc7

Color #497cc7

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.73 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#497cc7

RGB

rgb(73, 124, 199)

HSL

hsl(215.7, 52.9%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.7, 63.3%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.3%, 37.7%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(51.78, 6.51, -44.14)

LCH

lch(51.78, 44.62, 278.39)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.1282, 257.98)

HWB

hwb(215.7, 28.6%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c79449

Analogous

#49bbc7

#497cc7

#5549c7

Triadic

#497cc7

#c7497c

#7cc749

Split-complementary

#497cc7

#c75549

#bbc749

Tetradic

#497cc7

#9449c7

#c79449

#7cc749

Square

#497cc7

#c749bb

#c79449

#49c755

Shades

Color #497cc7 mixed toward black.

#3566ad

#2b528b

#203d68

#152945

#0b1423

Tints

Color #497cc7 mixed toward white.

#6792d0

#86a8da

#a4bde3

#c2d3ec

#e1e9f6

Tones

Color #497cc7 mixed toward gray.

#537ebc

#5e80b2

#6882a7

#73849d

#7d8692

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6364b8 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#605cb5 · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#4daca9 · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #497cc7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#497cc7]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#497cc7 (#497cc7) is rgb(73, 124, 199) in RGB.

No, #497cc7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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