#497DAC#497DAC

#497DAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.092 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497DAC
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 172)
HSL	hsl(208, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(208, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 27.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, -3.17, -30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 30.40, 264.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.0353 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.092 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5250, 19.0607, 41.7773)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497DAC #AC7849

analogous

#49ACA9 #497DAC #494BAC

triadic

#497DAC #AC497D #7DAC49

tetradic

#497DAC #A949AC #AC7849 #4BAC49

square

#497DAC #A949AC #AC7849 #4BAC49

split-complementary

#497DAC #AC494B #ACA949

monochromatic

#253F56 #375E81 #497DAC #709BC2 #9BB9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#497DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#497DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497DAC

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497DAC	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C74AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.092 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a2c5',
    500: '#497dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497dac;
$custom-light: #83a2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.485,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57372,
    "c": 0.09196,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497DAC

secondary

#C1A790

accent

#9158D0

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497DAC

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

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