#497FA3#497FA3

#497FA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.080 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FA3
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 163)
HSL	hsl(204, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, -7.23, -24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 25.73, 253.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% -0.0407 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.08 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9455, 19.2381, 37.4636)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FA3 #A36D49

analogous

#49A39A #497FA3 #4952A3

triadic

#497FA3 #A3497F #7FA349

tetradic

#497FA3 #9A49A3 #A36D49 #52A349

square

#497FA3 #9A49A3 #A36D49 #52A349

split-complementary

#497FA3 #A34952 #A39A49

monochromatic

#233D4E #365E79 #497FA3 #6C9DBD #96B9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#497FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#497FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FA3

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FA3	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)

#6F7FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6375A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.080 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a4be',
    500: '#497fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fa3;
$custom-light: #82a4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 38.136,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57406,
    "c": 0.08008,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FA3

secondary

#BC9F8C

accent

#885ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FA3

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

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