#497EA7#497EA7

#497EA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.085 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EA7
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 167)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 24.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, -5.37, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 27.74, 258.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% -0.0382 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.085 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1810, 19.1267, 39.3381)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EA7 #A77249

analogous

#49A7A1 #497EA7 #494FA7

triadic

#497EA7 #A7497E #7EA749

tetradic

#497EA7 #A149A7 #A77249 #4FA749

square

#497EA7 #A149A7 #A77249 #4FA749

split-complementary

#497EA7 #A7494F #A7A149

monochromatic

#243E52 #365E7C #497EA7 #6E9CBF #98B9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#497EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#497EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EA7

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EA7	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7EA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6075A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.085 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a3c1',
    500: '#497ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ea7;
$custom-light: #83a3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.17,
    "s": 39.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5736,
    "c": 0.08521,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EA7

secondary

#BEA38D

accent

#8C59CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F7

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EA7

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

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