#496D68#496D68

#496D68 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.042 H 185.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496D68
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 104)
HSL	hsl(172, 20%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(172, 33%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 0%, 4.6%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.29, -14.03, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.29, 14.09, 185.35°)
OKLab	oklab(50.59% -0.0418 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(50.59% 0.042 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7141, 13.3526, 15.1068)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496D68 #6D494E

analogous

#496D56 #496D68 #49606D

triadic

#496D68 #68496D #6D6849

tetradic

#496D68 #56496D #6D494E #606D49

square

#496D68 #56496D #6D494E #606D49

split-complementary

#496D68 #6D4960 #6D5649

monochromatic

#182422 #304845 #496D68 #62928B #84ADA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#496D68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#496D68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496D68

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496D68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496D68	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D6F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496d68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.042 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9793',
    500: '#496d68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496d68;
$custom-light: #7d9793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496d68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.667,
    "s": 19.78,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5059,
    "c": 0.04193,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496D68

secondary

#99797D

accent

#6B77BC

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F1

border

#C9CCCB

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #496D68

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

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