#497B8A#497B8A

#497B8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.059 H 219.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497B8A
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 138)
HSL	hsl(194, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, -12.57, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 18.38, 226.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% -0.0455 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.059 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4164, 17.4163, 26.6418)
Luminance	0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497B8A #8A5849

analogous

#498A79 #497B8A #495B8A

triadic

#497B8A #8A497B #7B8A49

tetradic

#497B8A #79498A #8A5849 #5B8A49

square

#497B8A #79498A #8A5849 #5B8A49

split-complementary

#497B8A #8A495B #8A7949

monochromatic

#1F343A #345762 #497B8A #639CAD #8BB5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#497B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#497B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497B8A

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497B8A	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71788B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67718A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.059 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a1ac',
    500: '#497b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497b8a;
$custom-light: #80a1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5535,
    "c": 0.05862,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497B8A

secondary

#AE8B81

accent

#7861C7

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #497B8A

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

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