#496B7E#496B7E

#496B7E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.049 H 233.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496B7E
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 126)
HSL	hsl(202, 27%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(202, 42%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.42, -6.88, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.42, 15.96, 244.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.94% -0.0294 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(50.94% 0.049 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7700, 13.4375, 21.7081)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496B7E #7E5C49

analogous

#497E77 #496B7E #49517E

triadic

#496B7E #7E496B #6B7E49

tetradic

#496B7E #77497E #7E5C49 #517E49

square

#496B7E #77497E #7E5C49 #517E49

split-complementary

#496B7E #7E4951 #7E7749

monochromatic

#1C2931 #334A57 #496B7E #618CA3 #88A8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#496B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#496B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496B7E

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496B7E	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B647E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#357071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.049 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e95a3',
    500: '#496b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496b7e;
$custom-light: #7e95a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.509,
    "s": 26.633,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50938,
    "c": 0.04939,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496B7E

secondary

#A68C7D

accent

#8765C3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F3

border

#C9CBCD

text

#0A0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #496B7E

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

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