#1497B4#1497B4

#1497B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.109 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1497B4
RGB	rgb(20, 151, 180)
HSL	hsl(191, 80%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 89%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -22.03, -24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 32.78, 227.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.0855 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.109 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5898, 25.5747, 47.0751)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1497B4 #B43114

analogous

#14B481 #1497B4 #1447B4

triadic

#1497B4 #B41497 #97B414

tetradic

#1497B4 #8114B4 #B43114 #47B414

square

#1497B4 #8114B4 #B43114 #47B414

split-complementary

#1497B4 #B41447 #B48114

monochromatic

#083B46 #0E697D #1497B4 #1FC2E6 #56D1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#1497B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#1497B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1497B4

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1497B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1497B4	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1497b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 151, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.109 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b5ca',
    500: '#1497b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1497b4;
$custom-light: #74b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1497b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.875,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62582,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1497B4

secondary

#CF6B55

accent

#5531F6

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1497B4

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

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