#497E95#497E95

#497E95 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.067 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497E95
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 149)
HSL	hsl(198, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 15.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, -11.00, -17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 20.96, 238.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% -0.0448 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.067 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6313, 18.5068, 31.1764)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497E95 #956049

analogous

#499586 #497E95 #495895

triadic

#497E95 #95497E #7E9549

tetradic

#497E95 #864995 #956049 #589549

square

#497E95 #864995 #956049 #589549

split-complementary

#497E95 #954958 #958649

monochromatic

#213943 #355B6C #497E95 #679DB4 #90B7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#497E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#497E95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497E95

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497E95	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F8585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.067 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a3b4',
    500: '#497e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497e95;
$custom-light: #81a3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.158,
    "s": 34.234,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5654,
    "c": 0.06674,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497E95

secondary

#B49485

accent

#7E5DCA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F6

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #497E95

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

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