#497A79#497A79

#497A79 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.053 H 194.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497A79
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 121)
HSL	hsl(179, 25%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 40%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 0%, 0.8%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, -16.78, -4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 17.42, 195.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% -0.0516 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.053 194)
XYZ	xyz(13.1571, 16.7151, 20.6185)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497A79 #7A494A

analogous

#497A60 #497A79 #49627A

triadic

#497A79 #79497A #7A7949

tetradic

#497A79 #60497A #7A494A #627A49

square

#497A79 #60497A #7A494A #627A49

split-complementary

#497A79 #7A4962 #7A6049

monochromatic

#1B2D2D #325453 #497A79 #60A09F #87B7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#497A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#497A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497A79

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497A79	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#347D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.053 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa09f',
    500: '#497a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497a79;
$custom-light: #7fa09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.776,
    "s": 25.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54456,
    "c": 0.0532,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.16716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497A79

secondary

#A37C7D

accent

#6668C2

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #497A79

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

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