#497e8e

Color #497e8e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.89 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#497e8e

RGB

rgb(73, 126, 142)

HSL

hsl(193.9, 32.1%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.9, 48.6%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(49.85, -13.08, -14.14)

LCH

lch(49.85, 19.26, 227.23)

OKLCH

oklch(56.3%, 0.0615, 219.33)

HWB

hwb(193.9, 28.6%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e5949

Analogous

#498e7c

#497e8e

#495c8e

Triadic

#497e8e

#8e497e

#7e8e49

Split-complementary

#497e8e

#8e495c

#8e7c49

Tetradic

#497e8e

#59498e

#8e5949

#7e8e49

Square

#497e8e

#7c498e

#8e5949

#5c8e49

Shades

Color #497e8e mixed toward black.

#3d6976

#31545f

#253f47

#182a2f

#0c1518

Tints

Color #497e8e mixed toward white.

#5d99ac

#7daebc

#9ec2cd

#bed6de

#dfebee

Tones

Color #497e8e mixed toward gray.

#4f7b88

#557883

#5a757d

#607277

#666f71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#64658a · ΔE 21

Deuteranopia

#615d89 · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#4d8787 · ΔE 8.2

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 15.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #497e8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#497e8e]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#497e8e (#497e8e) is rgb(73, 126, 142) in RGB.

No, #497e8e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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