#497EAC#497EAC

#497EAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.091 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EAC
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 172)
HSL	hsl(208, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(208, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 26.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, -3.76, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 30.01, 262.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% -0.0365 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.091 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6522, 19.3152, 41.8197)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EAC #AC7749

analogous

#49ACA8 #497EAC #494CAC

triadic

#497EAC #AC497E #7EAC49

tetradic

#497EAC #A849AC #AC7749 #4CAC49

square

#497EAC #A849AC #AC7749 #4CAC49

split-complementary

#497EAC #AC494C #ACA849

monochromatic

#253F56 #375F81 #497EAC #709CC2 #9BBAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#497EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#497EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EAC

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EAC	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D75AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.091 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a3c5',
    500: '#497eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497eac;
$custom-light: #83a3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.879,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57605,
    "c": 0.09118,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EAC

secondary

#C1A790

accent

#9058D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F8

border

#CBCDD1

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EAC

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

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