#497BAB#497BAB

#497BAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.092 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497BAB
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 171)
HSL	hsl(209, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(209, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 28.1%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, -2.31, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 30.73, 265.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% -0.0334 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.092 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1787, 18.5212, 41.1898)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497BAB #AB7949

analogous

#49ABAA #497BAB #494AAB

triadic

#497BAB #AB497B #7BAB49

tetradic

#497BAB #AA49AB #AB7949 #4AAB49

square

#497BAB #AA49AB #AB7949 #4AAB49

split-complementary

#497BAB #AB494A #ABAA49

monochromatic

#243D55 #375C80 #497BAB #6F99C2 #9AB8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#497BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#497BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497BAB

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497BAB	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A73AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.092 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a1c4',
    500: '#497bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497bab;
$custom-light: #83a1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.388,
    "s": 40.164,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56856,
    "c": 0.09233,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497BAB

secondary

#C0A78F

accent

#9358D0

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497BAB

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

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