#497FA8#497FA8

#497FA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.086 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FA8
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 168)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(206, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 24.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, -5.63, -27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 27.84, 258.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% -0.039 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.086 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4023, 19.4209, 39.8697)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FA8 #A87249

analogous

#49A8A2 #497FA8 #494FA8

triadic

#497FA8 #A8497F #7FA849

tetradic

#497FA8 #A249A8 #A87249 #4FA849

square

#497FA8 #A249A8 #A87249 #4FA849

split-complementary

#497FA8 #A8494F #A8A249

monochromatic

#243E53 #365F7D #497FA8 #6E9DC0 #99BAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#497FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#497FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FA8

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FA8	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6076A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.086 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a4c2',
    500: '#497fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fa8;
$custom-light: #83a4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.895,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57643,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FA8

secondary

#BFA38E

accent

#8C58CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F7

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FA8

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

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