#497c28

Color #497c28

A moderately saturated dark green.

Closest named color Olive Drab #6b8e23 · ΔE 13.79 Nearest Tailwind class lime-700 #497d00 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#497c28

RGB

rgb(73, 124, 40)

HSL

hsl(96.4, 51.2%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(96.4, 67.7%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 67.7%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(46.95, -32.68, 39.15)

LCH

lch(46.95, 51, 129.85)

OKLCH

oklch(53.2%, 0.1279, 135.29)

HWB

hwb(96.4, 15.7%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b287c

Analogous

#737c28

#497c28

#287c31

Triadic

#497c28

#28497c

#7c2849

Split-complementary

#497c28

#31287c

#7c2873

Tetradic

#497c28

#287c5b

#5b287c

#7c2849

Square

#497c28

#28737c

#5b287c

#7c3128

Shades

Color #497c28 mixed toward black.

#3d6721

#31531b

#253e14

#18290d

#0c1507

Tints

Color #497c28 mixed toward white.

#63a836

#7fc751

#9fd57c

#bfe3a8

#dff1d3

Tones

Color #497c28 mixed toward gray.

#4b752f

#4c6e36

#4e673d

#4f6044

#51594b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.2:1

White text reads better on this background (5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636448 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#605c4e · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#4d595c · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #497c28;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#497c28]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#497c28 (#497c28) is rgb(73, 124, 40) in RGB.

No, #497c28 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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