#497C8D#497C8D

#497C8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.061 H 221.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497C8D
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 141)
HSL	hsl(195, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.20, -12.26, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.20, 19.02, 229.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% -0.0455 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.061 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7613, 17.7537, 27.8431)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497C8D #8D5A49

analogous

#498D7C #497C8D #495A8D

triadic

#497C8D #8D497C #7C8D49

tetradic

#497C8D #7C498D #8D5A49 #5A8D49

square

#497C8D #7C498D #8D5A49 #5A8D49

split-complementary

#497C8D #8D495A #8D7C49

monochromatic

#1F353C #345965 #497C8D #649CAF #8DB6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#497C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#497C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497C8D

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497C8D	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72798E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68728D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.061 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a2ae',
    500: '#497c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497c8d;
$custom-light: #80a2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55717,
    "c": 0.0607,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497C8D

secondary

#B08E82

accent

#7A60C8

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #497C8D

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

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