#497FA9#497FA9

#497FA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.087 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497FA9
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 169)
HSL	hsl(206, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(206, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, -5.31, -27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 28.28, 259.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% -0.0387 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.087 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4958, 19.4583, 40.3622)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497FA9 #A97349

analogous

#49A9A3 #497FA9 #494FA9

triadic

#497FA9 #A9497F #7FA949

tetradic

#497FA9 #A349A9 #A97349 #4FA949

square

#497FA9 #A349A9 #A97349 #4FA949

split-complementary

#497FA9 #A9494F #A9A349

monochromatic

#243F54 #375F7E #497FA9 #6F9DC1 #99BAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#497FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#497FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #497FA9

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##497FA9	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#6D7FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6076A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.087 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a4c2',
    500: '#497fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497fa9;
$custom-light: #83a4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57692,
    "c": 0.08688,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497FA9

secondary

#BFA48E

accent

#8C58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F7

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #497FA9

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

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