#497DA9#497DA9

#497DA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.088 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DA9
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 169)
HSL	hsl(208, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(208, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 26%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, -4.14, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 29.00, 261.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% -0.0363 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.088 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2401, 18.9468, 40.2770)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DA9 #A97549

analogous

#49A9A5 #497DA9 #494DA9

triadic

#497DA9 #A9497D #7DA949

tetradic

#497DA9 #A549A9 #A97549 #4DA949

square

#497DA9 #A549A9 #A97549 #4DA949

split-complementary

#497DA9 #A9494D #A9A549

monochromatic

#243E54 #375D7E #497DA9 #6F9BC1 #99B9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#497DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#497DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DA9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DA9	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D74A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.088 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a2c2',
    500: '#497da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497da9;
$custom-light: #83a2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57223,
    "c": 0.08829,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DA9

secondary

#BFA58E

accent

#8F58D0

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F7

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DA9

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

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