HEX Color #497CA8 (Steelblue)

About #497CA8

The precise color #497CA8 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Designers often compare it to the standard color Steelblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 73 red, 124 green, and 168 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 57% cyan and 26% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 207.8° hue, 39.4% saturation, and 47.3% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#497CA8

RGB73, 124, 168

HSL207.8°, 39.4%, 47.3%

CMYK57%, 26%, 0%, 34%

HSV207.8°, 56.5%, 65.9%

LAB50.3, -3.9, -28.7

XYZ17.0, 18.7, 39.8

Decimal4816040

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#497CA8 #A77449

Analogous

#49A7A4 #494CA7

Triadic

#A7497B #7BA749

Tetradic

#A449A7 #A77449 #4CA749

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#497CA8

#5D8AB1

#7199BB

#85A7C5

#99B6CE

#AEC4D8

#C2D3E2

#D6E1EB

#EAF0F5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#497CA8

#406E95

#386082

#305270

#28445D

#20374A

#182938

#101B25

#080D12

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.44:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

4.73:1

Text on #000000

AA

4.24:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.02:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #497CA8; }

.text-color { color: #497CA8; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #497CA8; }

Similar Colors

Steelblue

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