#497c81

Color #497c81

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.02 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#497c81

RGB

rgb(73, 124, 129)

HSL

hsl(185.4, 27.7%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.4, 43.4%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.4%, 3.9%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(48.78, -15.69, -8.1)

LCH

lch(48.78, 17.66, 207.31)

OKLCH

oklch(55.3%, 0.0553, 203.78)

HWB

hwb(185.4, 28.6%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#814e49

Analogous

#49816a

#497c81

#496081

Triadic

#497c81

#81497c

#7c8149

Split-complementary

#497c81

#814960

#816a49

Tetradic

#497c81

#4e4981

#814e49

#7c8149

Square

#497c81

#6a4981

#814e49

#608149

Shades

Color #497c81 mixed toward black.

#3d676b

#315356

#253e40

#18292b

#0c1515

Tints

Color #497c81 mixed toward white.

#5c9ba2

#7cb0b5

#9dc3c7

#bdd7da

#deebec

Tones

Color #497c81 mixed toward gray.

#4e787c

#527478

#577073

#5c6d6e

#60696a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.48:1

White text reads better on this background (4.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636480 · ΔE 22.6

Deuteranopia

#605c80 · ΔE 25.4

Tritanopia

#4d7f7f · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 15.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #497c81;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#497c81]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#497c81 (#497c81) is rgb(73, 124, 129) in RGB.

No, #497c81 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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