#497EA9#497EA9

#497EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.088 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EA9
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 169)
HSL	hsl(207, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(207, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, -4.73, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 28.63, 260.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% -0.0375 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.088 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3673, 19.2012, 40.3194)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EA9 #A97449

analogous

#49A9A4 #497EA9 #494EA9

triadic

#497EA9 #A9497E #7EA949

tetradic

#497EA9 #A449A9 #A97449 #4EA949

square

#497EA9 #A449A9 #A97449 #4EA949

split-complementary

#497EA9 #A9494E #A9A449

monochromatic

#243E54 #375E7E #497EA9 #6F9CC1 #99B9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#497EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#497EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EA9

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EA9	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F75A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.088 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a3c2',
    500: '#497ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497ea9;
$custom-light: #83a3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.875,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57457,
    "c": 0.08758,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EA9

secondary

#BFA48E

accent

#8E58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F7

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EA9

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

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