#497D8A#497D8A

#497D8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.059 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497D8A
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 138)
HSL	hsl(192, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, -13.69, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 18.52, 222.33°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% -0.048 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.059 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6670, 17.9175, 26.7254)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497D8A #8A5649

analogous

#498A77 #497D8A #495D8A

triadic

#497D8A #8A497D #7D8A49

tetradic

#497D8A #77498A #8A5649 #5D8A49

square

#497D8A #77498A #8A5649 #5D8A49

split-complementary

#497D8A #8A495D #8A7749

monochromatic

#1F343A #345962 #497D8A #639EAD #8BB7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#497D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#497D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497D8A

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497D8A	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A728A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#298281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.059 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a2ac',
    500: '#497d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497d8a;
$custom-light: #80a2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55841,
    "c": 0.05907,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497D8A

secondary

#AE8A81

accent

#7561C7

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF3F4

border

#CACDCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #497D8A

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

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