#496D62#496D62

#496D62 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.045 H 173.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496D62
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 98)
HSL	hsl(162, 20%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(162, 33%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 0%, 10.1%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, -15.50, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 15.64, 172.47°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% -0.0446 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.045 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4201, 13.2350, 13.5585)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496D62 #6D4954

analogous

#496D50 #496D62 #49666D

triadic

#496D62 #62496D #6D6249

tetradic

#496D62 #50496D #6D4954 #666D49

square

#496D62 #50496D #6D4954 #666D49

split-complementary

#496D62 #6D4966 #6D5049

monochromatic

#182420 #304841 #496D62 #629283 #84ADA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#496D62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#496D62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496D62

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496D62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496D62	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F6E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496d62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.045 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d978e',
    500: '#496d62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496d62;
$custom-light: #7d978e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496d62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.667,
    "s": 19.78,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50393,
    "c": 0.0449,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496D62

secondary

#997983

accent

#6B84BC

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF2F0

border

#C9CCCB

text

#0A0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #496D62

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

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