#497B7B#497B7B

#497B7B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.054 H 195.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497B7B
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 123)
HSL	hsl(180, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, -16.79, -5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 17.60, 197.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% -0.052 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.054 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4044, 17.0115, 21.3123)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497B7B #7B4949

analogous

#497B62 #497B7B #49627B

triadic

#497B7B #7B497B #7B7B49

tetradic

#497B7B #62497B #7B4949 #627B49

square

#497B7B #62497B #7B4949 #627B49

split-complementary

#497B7B #7B4962 #7B6249

monochromatic

#1B2E2E #325555 #497B7B #60A1A1 #87B8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#497B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#497B7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497B7B

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497B7B	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75777B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C707B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#337E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.054 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa1a1',
    500: '#497b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497b7b;
$custom-light: #7fa1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 25.51,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54778,
    "c": 0.05402,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497B7B

secondary

#A47C7C

accent

#6666C2

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0F0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #497B7B

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

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