#496C8A#496C8A

#496C8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.062 H 245.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496C8A
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(208, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(208, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, -3.88, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 20.77, 259.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% -0.0261 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.062 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.6961, 13.9757, 26.0684)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496C8A #8A6749

analogous

#498A88 #496C8A #494C8A

triadic

#496C8A #8A496C #6C8A49

tetradic

#496C8A #88498A #8A6749 #4C8A49

square

#496C8A #88498A #8A6749 #4C8A49

split-complementary

#496C8A #8A494C #8A8849

monochromatic

#1F2D3A #344D62 #496C8A #638BAD #8BA9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#496C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#496C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496C8A

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496C8A	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D7376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.062 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f96ac',
    500: '#496c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496c8a;
$custom-light: #7f96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51715,
    "c": 0.06243,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496C8A

secondary

#AE9681

accent

#9061C7

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #496C8A

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

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