#496B66#496B66

#496B66 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.040 H 184.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496B66
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 102)
HSL	hsl(171, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(171, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 0%, 4.7%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, -13.41, -1.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 13.45, 184.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% -0.0399 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.04 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4028, 12.8906, 14.5078)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496B66 #6B494E

analogous

#496B55 #496B66 #495F6B

triadic

#496B66 #66496B #6B6649

tetradic

#496B66 #55496B #6B494E #5F6B49

square

#496B66 #55496B #6B494E #5F6B49

split-complementary

#496B66 #6B495F #6B5549

monochromatic

#172221 #304743 #496B66 #628F89 #84ABA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#496B66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#496B66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496B66

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496B66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496B66	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E6C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496b66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.040 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9591',
    500: '#496b66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496b66;
$custom-light: #7d9591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496b66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 18.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50017,
    "c": 0.03999,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496B66

secondary

#98787D

accent

#6C78BC

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF1F0

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #496B66

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

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