#496B70#496B70

#496B70 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.040 H 207.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496B70
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 112)
HSL	hsl(188, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 35%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 4.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, -10.81, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 12.72, 211.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% -0.0353 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.04 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9290, 13.1011, 17.2790)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496B70 #704E49

analogous

#497062 #496B70 #495870

triadic

#496B70 #70496B #6B7049

tetradic

#496B70 #624970 #704E49 #587049

square

#496B70 #624970 #704E49 #587049

split-complementary

#496B70 #704958 #706249

monochromatic

#192426 #31484B #496B70 #618E95 #84AAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#496B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#496B70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496B70

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496B70	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B6E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.040 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9599',
    500: '#496b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496b70;
$custom-light: #7d9599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 21.081,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50375,
    "c": 0.03977,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496B70

secondary

#9C7E79

accent

#756ABE

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #496B70

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

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