#497fb5

Color #497fb5

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 3.25 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#497fb5

RGB

rgb(73, 127, 181)

HSL

hsl(210, 42.5%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 59.7%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.7%, 29.8%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(51.76, -1.38, -33.86)

LCH

lch(51.76, 33.89, 267.67)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.1015, 249.96)

HWB

hwb(210, 28.6%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b57f49

Analogous

#49b5b5

#497fb5

#4949b5

Triadic

#497fb5

#b5497f

#7fb549

Split-complementary

#497fb5

#b54949

#b5b549

Tetradic

#497fb5

#7f49b5

#b57f49

#7fb549

Square

#497fb5

#b549b5

#b57f49

#49b549

Shades

Color #497fb5 mixed toward black.

#3d6a97

#315579

#253f5a

#182a3c

#0c151e

Tints

Color #497fb5 mixed toward white.

#6794c2

#85aace

#a4bfda

#c2d4e6

#e1eaf3

Tones

Color #497fb5 mixed toward gray.

#527fac

#5b7fa3

#647f9a

#6d7f91

#767f88

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

#6565aa · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#625da7 · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#4da09e · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #497fb5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#497fb5]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#497fb5 (#497fb5) is rgb(73, 127, 181) in RGB.

No, #497fb5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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