#497a96

Color #497a96

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.16 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#497a96

RGB

rgb(73, 122, 150)

HSL

hsl(201.8, 34.5%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201.8, 51.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(48.93, -8.41, -20.23)

LCH

lch(48.93, 21.91, 247.43)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.0687, 234.9)

HWB

hwb(201.8, 28.6%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#966549

Analogous

#49968b

#497a96

#495396

Triadic

#497a96

#96497a

#7a9649

Split-complementary

#497a96

#964953

#968b49

Tetradic

#497a96

#654996

#966549

#7a9649

Square

#497a96

#8b4996

#966549

#539649

Shades

Color #497a96 mixed toward black.

#3d667d

#315164

#243d4b

#182932

#0c1419

Tints

Color #497a96 mixed toward white.

#5e93b1

#7ea8c0

#9ebed0

#bfd4e0

#dfe9ef

Tones

Color #497a96 mixed toward gray.

#4f788f

#567689

#5c7583

#63737c

#697176

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.51:1

White 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

#626290 · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#5f5b8e · ΔE 18.3

Tritanopia

#4c8b8a · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 15.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #497a96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#497a96]

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Frequently asked questions

#497a96 (#497a96) is rgb(73, 122, 150) in RGB.

No, #497a96 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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