#497C73#497C73

#497C73 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.057 H 181.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497C73
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 115)
HSL	hsl(169, 26%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 41%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 7.3%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, -19.42, -0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 19.43, 181.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% -0.057 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.057 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.0486, 17.0687, 18.8233)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497C73 #7C4952

analogous

#497C59 #497C73 #496B7C

triadic

#497C73 #73497C #7C7349

tetradic

#497C73 #59497C #7C4952 #6B7C49

square

#497C73 #59497C #7C4952 #6B7C49

split-complementary

#497C73 #7C496B #7C5949

monochromatic

#1C2F2C #32554F #497C73 #61A296 #87B8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#497C73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#497C73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497C73

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497C73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497C73	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)

#787773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#367E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497c73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.057 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa29b',
    500: '#497c73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497c73;
$custom-light: #7fa29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497c73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 25.888,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54755,
    "c": 0.05703,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497C73

secondary

#A47C83

accent

#6676C2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF3F2

border

#C9CDCC

text

#0A0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #497C73

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

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