#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
RGBrgb(73, 124, 161)
HSLhsl(205, 38%, 46%)
HSVhsv(205, 55%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(54.7%, 23%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LABlab(49.98, -6.13, -25.04)
CIE-LCHlch(49.98, 25.78, 256.26°)
OKLaboklab(56.6% -0.0379 -0.07)
OKLCHoklch(56.6% 0.08 241.6)
XYZxyz(16.3860, 18.4036, 36.4001)
Luminance0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##497CA11.004.494.684.68
#FFFFFF4.491.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6821.001.001.00
##0000004.6821.001.001.00

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

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#497CA1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva