#497AAE#497AAE

#497AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.097 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497AAE
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 174)
HSL	hsl(211, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(211, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 29.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, -0.73, -32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 32.63, 268.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% -0.0313 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.097 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3444, 18.3900, 42.6718)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497AAE #AE7D49

analogous

#49ACAE #497AAE #4A49AE

triadic

#497AAE #AE497A #7AAE49

tetradic

#497AAE #AE49AC #AE7D49 #49AE4A

square

#497AAE #AE49AC #AE7D49 #49AE4A

split-complementary

#497AAE #AE4A49 #ACAE49

monochromatic

#253E58 #375C83 #497AAE #7199C3 #9CB8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#497AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#497AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497AAE

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497AAE	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5772AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.097 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a0c6',
    500: '#497aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497aae;
$custom-light: #84a0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.891,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56779,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497AAE

secondary

#C2AA91

accent

#9657D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497AAE

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

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