#496A72#496A72

#496A72 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.040 H 214.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496A72
RGB	rgb(73, 106, 114)
HSL	hsl(192, 22%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(192, 36%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.67, -9.69, -8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.67, 12.74, 220.51°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% -0.033 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.04 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9379, 12.9388, 17.8374)
Luminance	0.1294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496A72 #725149

analogous

#497266 #496A72 #495672

triadic

#496A72 #72496A #6A7249

tetradic

#496A72 #664972 #725149 #567249

square

#496A72 #664972 #725149 #567249

split-complementary

#496A72 #724956 #726649

monochromatic

#192527 #31474D #496A72 #618D97 #85A8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#496A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#496A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496A72

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496A72	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A6D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 106, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.040 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d949a',
    500: '#496a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496a72;
$custom-light: #7d949a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.707,
    "s": 21.925,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50203,
    "c": 0.04004,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496A72

secondary

#9D817A

accent

#7A69BE

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #496A72

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

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