#497B70#497B70

#497B70 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.057 H 178.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497B70
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 112)
HSL	hsl(167, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(167, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 8.9%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, -19.65, 0.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 19.66, 177.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% -0.0571 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.057 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7541, 16.7514, 17.8874)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497B70 #7B4954

analogous

#497B57 #497B70 #496D7B

triadic

#497B70 #70497B #7B7049

tetradic

#497B70 #57497B #7B4954 #6D7B49

square

#497B70 #57497B #7B4954 #6D7B49

split-complementary

#497B70 #7B496D #7B5749

monochromatic

#1B2E2A #32554D #497B70 #60A193 #87B8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#497B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#497B70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497B70

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497B70	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#387C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.057 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea199',
    500: '#497b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497b70;
$custom-light: #7ea199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.8,
    "s": 25.51,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54404,
    "c": 0.05713,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497B70

secondary

#A47C85

accent

#667AC2

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0F0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #497B70

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

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