#497579

Color #497579

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#497579

RGB

rgb(73, 117, 121)

HSL

hsl(185, 24.7%, 38%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185, 39.7%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.7%, 3.3%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(46.34, -14.02, -7)

LCH

lch(46.34, 15.67, 206.53)

OKLCH

oklch(53.2%, 0.0489, 203.11)

HWB

hwb(185, 28.6%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#794d49

Analogous

#497965

#497579

#495d79

Triadic

#497579

#794975

#757949

Split-complementary

#497579

#79495d

#796549

Tetradic

#497579

#4d4979

#794d49

#757949

Square

#497579

#654979

#794d49

#5d7949

Shades

Color #497579 mixed toward black.

#3d6165

#314e51

#243a3c

#182728

#0c1314

Tints

Color #497579 mixed toward white.

#5d959a

#7cabb0

#9cc0c3

#bdd5d7

#deeaeb

Tones

Color #497579 mixed toward gray.

#4d7275

#516e71

#556b6d

#596869

#5d6465

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.1:1

White text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f6078 · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#5d5978 · ΔE 24.2

Tritanopia

#4c7777 · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #497579;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#497579]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#497579 (#497579) is rgb(73, 117, 121) in RGB.

No, #497579 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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