#497FA4#497FA4

#497FA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.081 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FA4
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 164)
HSL	hsl(204, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 22.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, -6.91, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 26.14, 254.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% -0.0404 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.081 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0354, 19.2741, 37.9373)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FA4 #A46E49

analogous

#49A49C #497FA4 #4951A4

triadic

#497FA4 #A4497F #7FA449

tetradic

#497FA4 #9C49A4 #A46E49 #51A449

square

#497FA4 #9C49A4 #A46E49 #51A449

split-complementary

#497FA4 #A44951 #A49C49

monochromatic

#233D4F #365E7A #497FA4 #6C9DBE #97B9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#497FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#497FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FA4

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FA4	1.00	4.33	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.33	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)

#6F7FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6275A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.081 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a4bf',
    500: '#497fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fa4;
$custom-light: #83a4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.396,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57453,
    "c": 0.08119,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FA4

secondary

#BDA08C

accent

#8959CE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F7

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FA4

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

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