#497E72#497E72

#497E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.060 H 177.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497E72
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(166, 27%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(166, 42%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 0%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, -20.73, 1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 20.75, 177.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% -0.0601 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.06 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2446, 17.5521, 18.6063)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497E72 #7E4955

analogous

#497E58 #497E72 #49707E

triadic

#497E72 #72497E #7E7249

tetradic

#497E72 #58497E #7E4955 #707E49

square

#497E72 #58497E #7E4955 #707E49

split-complementary

#497E72 #7E4970 #7E5849

monochromatic

#1C312C #33574F #497E72 #61A394 #88BAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#497E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#497E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497E72

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497E72	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#377F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.060 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa39a',
    500: '#497e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497e72;
$custom-light: #7fa39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.415,
    "s": 26.633,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5523,
    "c": 0.06015,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497E72

secondary

#A67D86

accent

#657AC3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #497E72

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

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