#497EA0#497EA0

#497EA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.077 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EA0
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 160)
HSL	hsl(203, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, -7.60, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 24.79, 252.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% -0.0406 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.077 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5514, 18.8749, 36.0219)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EA0 #A06B49

analogous

#49A096 #497EA0 #4952A0

triadic

#497EA0 #A0497E #7EA049

tetradic

#497EA0 #9649A0 #A06B49 #52A049

square

#497EA0 #9649A0 #A06B49 #52A049

split-complementary

#497EA0 #A04952 #A09649

monochromatic

#233C4C #365D76 #497EA0 #6B9CBB #95B8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#497EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#497EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EA0

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EA0	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63749F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F8789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.077 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a3bc',
    500: '#497ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ea0;
$custom-light: #82a3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.448,
    "s": 37.339,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57029,
    "c": 0.07736,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EA0

secondary

#BB9D8A

accent

#875ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F6

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EA0

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

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