#496A69#496A69

#496A69 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.038 H 193.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496A69
RGB	rgb(73, 106, 105)
HSL	hsl(178, 18%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 31%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 0%, 0.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.37, -12.08, -3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.37, 12.51, 195.13°)
OKLab	oklab(49.87% -0.037 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(49.87% 0.038 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4506, 12.7439, 15.2710)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496A69 #6A494A

analogous

#496A58 #496A69 #495A6A

triadic

#496A69 #69496A #6A6949

tetradic

#496A69 #58496A #6A494A #5A6A49

square

#496A69 #58496A #6A494A #5A6A49

split-complementary

#496A69 #6A495A #6A5849

monochromatic

#172221 #304645 #496A69 #628E8D #83AAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#496A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#496A69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496A69

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496A69	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666769

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D6C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 106, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.038 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9493',
    500: '#496a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496a69;
$custom-light: #7d9493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.182,
    "s": 18.436,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49869,
    "c": 0.03811,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496A69

secondary

#977879

accent

#6D6FBB

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #496A69

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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