#497A8A#497A8A

#497A8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.058 H 220.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497A8A
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 138)
HSL	hsl(195, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(195, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, -12.01, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 18.35, 229.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.11% -0.0442 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(55.11% 0.058 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2930, 17.1694, 26.6007)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497A8A #8A5949

analogous

#498A7A #497A8A #495A8A

triadic

#497A8A #8A497A #7A8A49

tetradic

#497A8A #7A498A #8A5949 #5A8A49

square

#497A8A #7A498A #8A5949 #5A8A49

split-complementary

#497A8A #8A495A #8A7A49

monochromatic

#1F333A #345762 #497A8A #639BAD #8BB5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#497A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#497A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497A8A

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497A8A	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70778B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66708A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A7F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.058 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a0ac',
    500: '#497a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497a8a;
$custom-light: #80a0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.769,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55105,
    "c": 0.05848,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497A8A

secondary

#AE8C81

accent

#7A61C7

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #497A8A

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

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