#497C8A#497C8A

#497C8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.059 H 217.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497C8A
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 138)
HSL	hsl(193, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.09, -13.13, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.09, 18.44, 224.57°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% -0.0468 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.059 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5411, 17.6656, 26.6834)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497C8A #8A5749

analogous

#498A78 #497C8A #495C8A

triadic

#497C8A #8A497C #7C8A49

tetradic

#497C8A #78498A #8A5749 #5C8A49

square

#497C8A #78498A #8A5749 #5C8A49

split-complementary

#497C8A #8A495C #8A7849

monochromatic

#1F343A #345862 #497C8A #639DAD #8BB6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#497C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#497C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497C8A

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497C8A	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73798B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69718A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A8180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.059 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a2ac',
    500: '#497c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497c8a;
$custom-light: #80a2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.923,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55595,
    "c": 0.05881,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497C8A

secondary

#AE8B81

accent

#7761C7

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #497C8A

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

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