#497c8e

Color #497c8e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.39 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#497c8e

RGB

rgb(73, 124, 142)

HSL

hsl(195.7, 32.1%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.7, 48.6%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(49.23, -11.96, -15.07)

LCH

lch(49.23, 19.24, 231.56)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.0614, 222.69)

HWB

hwb(195.7, 28.6%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e5b49

Analogous

#498e7e

#497c8e

#495a8e

Triadic

#497c8e

#8e497c

#7c8e49

Split-complementary

#497c8e

#8e495a

#8e7e49

Tetradic

#497c8e

#5b498e

#8e5b49

#7c8e49

Square

#497c8e

#7e498e

#8e5b49

#5a8e49

Shades

Color #497c8e mixed toward black.

#3d6776

#31535f

#253e47

#18292f

#0c1518

Tints

Color #497c8e mixed toward white.

#5d97ac

#7dacbc

#9ec1cd

#bed5de

#dfeaee

Tones

Color #497c8e mixed toward gray.

#4f7988

#557783

#5a747d

#607177

#666e71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.56:1

White text reads better on this background (4.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63648a · ΔE 20.1

Deuteranopia

#605c89 · ΔE 21.7

Tritanopia

#4d8786 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 15.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #497c8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#497c8e]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#497c8e (#497c8e) is rgb(73, 124, 142) in RGB.

No, #497c8e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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