#497FA5#497FA5

#497FA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.082 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FA5
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 165)
HSL	hsl(205, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(205, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 23%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, -6.59, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 26.55, 255.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% -0.04 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.082 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1261, 19.3104, 38.4148)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FA5 #A56F49

analogous

#49A59D #497FA5 #4951A5

triadic

#497FA5 #A5497F #7FA549

tetradic

#497FA5 #9D49A5 #A56F49 #51A549

square

#497FA5 #9D49A5 #A56F49 #51A549

split-complementary

#497FA5 #A54951 #A59D49

monochromatic

#233E50 #365E7B #497FA5 #6D9DBE #97B9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#497FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#497FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FA5

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FA5	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)

#6E7FA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6275A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.082 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a4bf',
    500: '#497fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fa5;
$custom-light: #83a4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 38.655,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.575,
    "c": 0.0823,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FA5

secondary

#BDA18D

accent

#8A59CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F7

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FA5

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

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