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Recognised as Colour

#497C6F

  • #497C6F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#497C6F is a cyan with RGB values 73, 124, 111 and HSL 165°, 26%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#497C6F#497C6F
HEX#497C6F
RGBrgb(73, 124, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.4863, 0.4353
RGB percentages28.6%, 48.6%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(164.7, 25.9%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.7, 41.1%, 48.6%)
CMYK41.1%, 0%, 10.5%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,815,983
CSS custom property--colour: #497C6F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16979WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.78:1
Contrast with white4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#B68390

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#79766Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#707070no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#387D78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 13.2Dark cyan · ΔE 15.3Cadetblue · ΔE 15.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 19.8Dim grey · ΔE 20.8Gray · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 13.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7C4956
Analogous#497C56, #496F7C
Triadic#6F497C, #7C6F49
Split complementary#7C496F, #7C5649
Tetradic#56497C, #7C4956, #6F7C49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BAD7CF
Lighter +30%#9AC4B9
Lighter +20%#7AB1A3
Lighter +10%#5C9C8C
Darker −10%#365C52
Darker −20%#233C36
Darker −30%#101C19
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#30957B
Less saturated −25%#626363

Channel breakdown

R73
G124
B111
Red73 (28.6%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue164.71°
Saturation (HSL)25.89%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 49 · G 7C · B 6F

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