#496B68#496B68

#496B68 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.039 H 189.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496B68
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 104)
HSL	hsl(175, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.66, -12.90, -2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.66, 13.10, 189.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% -0.0389 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.039 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5032, 12.9308, 15.0365)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496B68 #6B494C

analogous

#496B57 #496B68 #495D6B

triadic

#496B68 #68496B #6B6849

tetradic

#496B68 #57496B #6B494C #5D6B49

square

#496B68 #57496B #6B494C #5D6B49

split-complementary

#496B68 #6B495D #6B5749

monochromatic

#172221 #304745 #496B68 #628F8B #84ABA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#496B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#496B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496B68

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496B68	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E6D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.039 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9593',
    500: '#496b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496b68;
$custom-light: #7d9593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.706,
    "s": 18.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50086,
    "c": 0.03942,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496B68

secondary

#98787B

accent

#6C73BC

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #496B68

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

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