#497A7B#497A7B

#497A7B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.053 H 197.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497A7B
RGB	rgb(73, 122, 123)
HSL	hsl(181, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, -16.24, -5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 17.23, 199.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% -0.0507 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.053 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.2810, 16.7647, 21.2711)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497A7B #7B4A49

analogous

#497B63 #497A7B #49617B

triadic

#497A7B #7B497A #7A7B49

tetradic

#497A7B #63497B #7B4A49 #617B49

square

#497A7B #63497B #7B4A49 #617B49

split-complementary

#497A7B #7B4961 #7B6349

monochromatic

#1B2E2E #325455 #497A7B #60A0A1 #87B7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#497A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#497A7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497A7B

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497A7B	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74767B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#337D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 122, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.053 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa0a1',
    500: '#497a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497a7b;
$custom-light: #7fa0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.2,
    "s": 25.51,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54527,
    "c": 0.05313,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497A7B

secondary

#A47D7C

accent

#6866C2

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #497A7B

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

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