#496B53#496B53

#496B53 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.055 H 153.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496B53
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 83)
HSL	hsl(138, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(138, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 0%, 22.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, -17.79, 9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 20.22, 151.63°)
OKLab	oklab(49.44% -0.049 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(49.44% 0.055 153.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5662, 12.5560, 10.1014)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496B53 #6B4961

analogous

#506B49 #496B53 #496B64

triadic

#496B53 #53496B #6B5349

tetradic

#496B53 #49506B #6B4961 #6B6449

square

#496B53 #49506B #6B4961 #6B6449

split-complementary

#496B53 #64496B #6B4950

monochromatic

#17221B #304737 #496B53 #628F6F #84AB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#496B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#496B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496B53

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496B53	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#436A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.055 153.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9583',
    500: '#496b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496b53;
$custom-light: #7d9583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.647,
    "s": 18.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49438,
    "c": 0.05489,
    "h": 153.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496B53

secondary

#98788E

accent

#6CA4BC

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF1EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#090D0A

muted

#7B7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #496B53

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

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