#497B7C#497B7C

#497B7C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.054 H 197.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497B7C
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 124)
HSL	hsl(181, 26%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 41%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, -16.52, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 17.52, 199.50°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% -0.0516 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.054 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.4673, 17.0367, 21.6436)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497B7C #7C4A49

analogous

#497C63 #497B7C #49617C

triadic

#497B7C #7C497B #7B7C49

tetradic

#497B7C #63497C #7C4A49 #617C49

square

#497B7C #63497C #7C4A49 #617C49

split-complementary

#497B7C #7C4961 #7C6349

monochromatic

#1C2F2F #325555 #497B7C #61A0A2 #87B7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#497B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#497B7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497B7C

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497B7C	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75777C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C707C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#327E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.054 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa1a1',
    500: '#497b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497b7c;
$custom-light: #7fa1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.176,
    "s": 25.888,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54814,
    "c": 0.05401,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497B7C

secondary

#A47D7C

accent

#6766C2

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0F0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #497B7C

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

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