#496B8A#496B8A

#496B8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.063 H 246.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496B8A
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(209, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(209, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, -3.28, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 21.12, 261.06°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% -0.0248 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.063 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5912, 13.7660, 26.0334)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496B8A #8A6849

analogous

#498A89 #496B8A #494B8A

triadic

#496B8A #8A496B #6B8A49

tetradic

#496B8A #89498A #8A6849 #4B8A49

square

#496B8A #89498A #8A6849 #4B8A49

split-complementary

#496B8A #8A494B #8A8949

monochromatic

#1F2D3A #344C62 #496B8A #638AAD #8BA8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#496B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#496B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496B8A

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496B8A	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E7275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.063 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f95ac',
    500: '#496b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496b8a;
$custom-light: #7f95ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.615,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51477,
    "c": 0.06312,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496B8A

secondary

#AE9681

accent

#9261C7

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #496B8A

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

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