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#497697 · Cerulean
Click to copy#497697 is a medium, muted blue color, closest to Cerulean and near Cerulean and Slate Gray. In OKLCH it has 55% lightness and 0.07 chroma at hue 242°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #497697 a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.
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HEX
#497697RGB
rgb(73, 118, 151)HSL
hsl(205, 35%, 44%)CMYK
52, 22, 0, 41CSS var
--ceruleanContrast
4.86:1 white · 4.32:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #497697
White text passes WCAG AA on #497697 (4.86:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.
For a calm scheme pair #497697 with its analogous neighbors #499791 and #494F97; for contrast use its complement #976A49 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.
--cerulean: #497697;
$cerulean: #497697;
colors: { 'cerulean': '#497697' }