#497EA4#497EA4

#497EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.082 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EA4
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 164)
HSL	hsl(205, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 23.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, -6.33, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 26.44, 256.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% -0.0392 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.082 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9069, 19.0171, 37.8945)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EA4 #A46F49

analogous

#49A49D #497EA4 #4951A4

triadic

#497EA4 #A4497E #7EA449

tetradic

#497EA4 #9D49A4 #A46F49 #51A449

square

#497EA4 #9D49A4 #A46F49 #51A449

split-complementary

#497EA4 #A44951 #A49D49

monochromatic

#233D4F #365D7A #497EA4 #6C9CBE #97B8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#497EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#497EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EA4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EA4	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6175A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.082 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a3bf',
    500: '#497ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ea4;
$custom-light: #82a3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.055,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57216,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EA4

secondary

#BDA08C

accent

#8A59CE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F7

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EA4

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

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