#497CA1#497CA1

#497CA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.080 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497CA1
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 161)
HSL	hsl(205, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 23%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, -6.13, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 25.78, 256.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% -0.0379 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.08 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3860, 18.4036, 36.4001)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497CA1 #A16E49

analogous

#49A19A #497CA1 #4950A1

triadic

#497CA1 #A1497C #7CA149

tetradic

#497CA1 #9A49A1 #A16E49 #50A149

square

#497CA1 #9A49A1 #A16E49 #50A149

split-complementary

#497CA1 #A14950 #A19A49

monochromatic

#233B4D #365C77 #497CA1 #6B9ABC #95B7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#497CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#497CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497CA1

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497CA1	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)

#6C7CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6073A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E8588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.080 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a1bd',
    500: '#497ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ca1;
$custom-light: #82a1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.227,
    "s": 37.607,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56601,
    "c": 0.07957,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497CA1

secondary

#BB9F8B

accent

#8B5ACE

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497CA1

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

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