#497E8A#497E8A

#497E8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.059 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497E8A
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 138)
HSL	hsl(191, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, -14.25, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 18.63, 220.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% -0.0493 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.059 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7942, 18.1720, 26.7678)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497E8A #8A5549

analogous

#498A76 #497E8A #495E8A

triadic

#497E8A #8A497E #7E8A49

tetradic

#497E8A #76498A #8A5549 #5E8A49

square

#497E8A #76498A #8A5549 #5E8A49

split-complementary

#497E8A #8A495E #8A7649

monochromatic

#1F353A #345962 #497E8A #639FAD #8BB8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#497E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#497E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497E8A

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497E8A	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B738A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#298382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.059 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a3ac',
    500: '#497e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497e8a;
$custom-light: #80a3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.077,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56087,
    "c": 0.05938,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497E8A

secondary

#AE8981

accent

#7461C7

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF3F4

border

#CACDCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #497E8A

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

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