#496B79#496B79

#496B79 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.045 H 225.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496B79
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 121)
HSL	hsl(198, 25%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(198, 40%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, -8.32, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 14.33, 234.51°)
OKLab	oklab(50.73% -0.0314 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(50.73% 0.045 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4554, 13.3116, 20.0512)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496B79 #795749

analogous

#49796F #496B79 #495379

triadic

#496B79 #79496B #6B7949

tetradic

#496B79 #6F4979 #795749 #537949

square

#496B79 #6F4979 #795749 #537949

split-complementary

#496B79 #794953 #796F49

monochromatic

#1B272D #324953 #496B79 #608D9F #86A8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#496B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#496B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496B79

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496B79	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63697A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#376F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.045 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e959f',
    500: '#496b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496b79;
$custom-light: #7e959f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 24.742,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50729,
    "c": 0.0449,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496B79

secondary

#A2877B

accent

#8167C1

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #496B79

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

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