#497EA6#497EA6

#497EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.084 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EA6
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 166)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 24.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, -5.69, -26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 27.30, 257.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% -0.0385 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.084 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0889, 19.0899, 38.8532)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EA6 #A67149

analogous

#49A6A0 #497EA6 #4950A6

triadic

#497EA6 #A6497E #7EA649

tetradic

#497EA6 #A049A6 #A67149 #50A649

square

#497EA6 #A049A6 #A67149 #50A649

split-complementary

#497EA6 #A64950 #A6A049

monochromatic

#243D51 #365E7B #497EA6 #6D9CBF #98B9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#497EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#497EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EA6

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EA6	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6075A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.084 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a3c0',
    500: '#497ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ea6;
$custom-light: #83a3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.806,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57312,
    "c": 0.08406,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EA6

secondary

#BEA28D

accent

#8C59CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F7

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EA6

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

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