#497EAF#497EAF

#497EAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.095 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497EAF
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 175)
HSL	hsl(209, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 28%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, -2.77, -31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 31.42, 264.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% -0.0355 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.095 248)
XYZ	xyz(17.9436, 19.4317, 43.3542)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497EAF #AF7A49

analogous

#49AFAD #497EAF #494BAF

triadic

#497EAF #AF497E #7EAF49

tetradic

#497EAF #AD49AF #AF7A49 #4BAF49

square

#497EAF #AD49AF #AF7A49 #4BAF49

split-complementary

#497EAF #AF494B #AFAD49

monochromatic

#254059 #375F84 #497EAF #719CC4 #9CBAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#497EAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#497EAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497EAF

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497EAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497EAF	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6980B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C75AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497eaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.095 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a3c7',
    500: '#497eaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497eaf;
$custom-light: #84a3c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497eaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.824,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57755,
    "c": 0.09487,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.19433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497EAF

secondary

#C2A991

accent

#9257D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F8

border

#CBCDD1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #497EAF

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

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