#496B86#496B86

#496B86 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.058 H 243.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496B86
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 134)
HSL	hsl(207, 29%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(207, 46%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 20.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, -4.50, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 19.26, 256.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.29% -0.0263 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(51.29% 0.058 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3070, 13.6523, 24.5363)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496B86 #866449

analogous

#498682 #496B86 #494C86

triadic

#496B86 #86496B #6B8649

tetradic

#496B86 #824986 #866449 #4C8649

square

#496B86 #824986 #866449 #4C8649

split-complementary

#496B86 #86494C #868249

monochromatic

#1E2C37 #334B5E #496B86 #628AAA #8AA8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#496B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#496B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496B86

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496B86	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586586

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#307274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.058 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f95a9',
    500: '#496b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496b86;
$custom-light: #7f95a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.557,
    "s": 29.469,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51292,
    "c": 0.05821,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496B86

secondary

#AB9380

accent

#8E62C6

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #496B86

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

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