#497EAA#497EAA

#497EAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.089 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EAA
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 170)
HSL	hsl(207, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(207, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 25.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, -4.40, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 29.08, 261.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% -0.0372 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.089 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4616, 19.2389, 40.8157)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EAA #AA7549

analogous

#49AAA5 #497EAA #494EAA

triadic

#497EAA #AA497E #7EAA49

tetradic

#497EAA #A549AA #AA7549 #4EAA49

square

#497EAA #A549AA #AA7549 #4EAA49

split-complementary

#497EAA #AA494E #AAA549

monochromatic

#243F54 #375E7F #497EAA #6F9CC1 #9AB9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#497EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#497EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EAA

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EAA	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E75A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.089 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a3c3',
    500: '#497eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497eaa;
$custom-light: #83a3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.216,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57506,
    "c": 0.08877,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EAA

secondary

#C0A58F

accent

#8E58D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF3F8

border

#CACDD1

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EAA

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

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