#496B73#496B73

#496B73 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.041 H 214.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496B73
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 115)
HSL	hsl(191, 22%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(191, 37%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.02, -9.99, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.02, 13.03, 219.93°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% -0.034 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.041 214)
XYZ	xyz(11.0988, 13.1690, 18.1734)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496B73 #735149

analogous

#497366 #496B73 #495673

triadic

#496B73 #73496B #6B7349

tetradic

#496B73 #664973 #735149 #567349

square

#496B73 #664973 #735149 #567349

split-complementary

#496B73 #734956 #736649

monochromatic

#192528 #31484E #496B73 #618E98 #85A9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#496B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#496B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496B73

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496B73	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A6E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.041 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d959b',
    500: '#496b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496b73;
$custom-light: #7d959b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 22.34,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5049,
    "c": 0.04098,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.1317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496B73

secondary

#9E817A

accent

#7969BF

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #496B73

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

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