#497A8D#497A8D

#497A8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.061 H 224.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497A8D
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 141)
HSL	hsl(197, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 13.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, -11.13, -15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 19.06, 234.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% -0.043 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.061 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5132, 17.2575, 27.7604)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497A8D #8D5C49

analogous

#498D7E #497A8D #49588D

triadic

#497A8D #8D497A #7A8D49

tetradic

#497A8D #7E498D #8D5C49 #588D49

square

#497A8D #7E498D #8D5C49 #588D49

split-complementary

#497A8D #8D4958 #8D7E49

monochromatic

#1F343C #345765 #497A8D #649AAF #8DB4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#497A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#497A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497A8D

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497A8D	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F788E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65708D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.061 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a0ae',
    500: '#497a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497a8d;
$custom-light: #80a0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.765,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55229,
    "c": 0.06064,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497A8D

secondary

#B08F82

accent

#7D60C8

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #497A8D

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

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