#496B77#496B77

#496B77 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.043 H 222.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496B77
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 119)
HSL	hsl(196, 24%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(196, 39%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, -8.88, -10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 13.81, 229.95°)
OKLab	oklab(50.65% -0.0323 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(50.65% 0.043 222)
XYZ	xyz(11.3340, 13.2631, 19.4120)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496B77 #775549

analogous

#49776C #496B77 #495477

triadic

#496B77 #77496B #6B7749

tetradic

#496B77 #6C4977 #775549 #547749

square

#496B77 #6C4977 #775549 #547749

split-complementary

#496B77 #774954 #776C49

monochromatic

#1A272B #324951 #496B77 #608D9D #86A8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#496B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#496B77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496B77

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496B77	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646978

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#386F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.043 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e959e',
    500: '#496b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496b77;
$custom-light: #7e959e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 23.958,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50648,
    "c": 0.04339,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.13264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496B77

secondary

#A1857B

accent

#7F67C0

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #496B77

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

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