#497987#497987

#497987 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.056 H 218.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497987
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 135)
HSL	hsl(194, 30%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 46%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, -12.32, -12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 17.71, 225.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.74% -0.0442 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(54.74% 0.056 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.9566, 16.8394, 25.4319)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497987 #875749

analogous

#498776 #497987 #495A87

triadic

#497987 #874979 #798749

tetradic

#497987 #764987 #875749 #5A8749

square

#497987 #764987 #875749 #5A8749

split-complementary

#497987 #87495A #877649

monochromatic

#1E3238 #34555F #497987 #639AAA #8AB4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#497987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#497987 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497987

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497987	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666F87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.056 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f9faa',
    500: '#497987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497987;
$custom-light: #7f9faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 29.808,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54738,
    "c": 0.05642,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497987

secondary

#AC8A80

accent

#7862C6

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #497987

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

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