#496B85#496B85

#496B85 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.057 H 242.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496B85
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 133)
HSL	hsl(206, 29%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(206, 45%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.69, -4.81, -18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.69, 18.81, 255.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% -0.0266 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.057 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2375, 13.6245, 24.1707)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496B85 #856349

analogous

#498581 #496B85 #494D85

triadic

#496B85 #85496B #6B8549

tetradic

#496B85 #814985 #856349 #4D8549

square

#496B85 #814985 #856349 #4D8549

split-complementary

#496B85 #85494D #858149

monochromatic

#1E2B36 #334B5D #496B85 #628AA9 #8AA8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#496B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#496B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496B85

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496B85	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#317174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.057 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f95a8',
    500: '#496b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496b85;
$custom-light: #7f95a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206,
    "s": 29.126,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51246,
    "c": 0.05702,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496B85

secondary

#AB927F

accent

#8D62C5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #496B85

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

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