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Recognised as Colour

#497F60

  • #497F60
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#497F60 is a green with RGB values 73, 127, 96 and HSL 146°, 27%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#497F60#497F60
HEX#497F60
RGBrgb(73, 127, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.498, 0.3765
RGB percentages28.6%, 49.8%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(145.6, 27%, 39.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(145.6, 42.5%, 49.8%)
CMYK42.5%, 0%, 24.4%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,816,736
CSS custom property--colour: #497F60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#B6809F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E775Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#767262no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#3D7E76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 17Teal · ΔE 20.1Dark cyan · ΔE 21.3Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.4Cadetblue · ΔE 23.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 16.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7F4968
Analogous#4D7F49, #497F7B
Triadic#60497F, #7F6049
Split complementary#7B497F, #7F494D
Tetradic#494D7F, #7F4968, #7F7B49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BCD8C8
Lighter +30%#9BC6AD
Lighter +20%#7BB393
Lighter +10%#5C9F78
Darker −10%#365F48
Darker −20%#243E2F
Darker −30%#111E17
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#30985C
Less saturated −25%#626664

Channel breakdown

R73
G127
B96
Red73 (28.6%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue145.56°
Saturation (HSL)27%
Lightness39.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 49 · G 7F · B 60

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