#496D69#496D69

#496D69 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.042 H 187.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496D69
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 105)
HSL	hsl(173, 20%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 33%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 0%, 3.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.32, -13.77, -1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.32, 13.90, 187.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.63% -0.0413 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(50.63% 0.042 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7652, 13.3731, 15.3759)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496D69 #6D494D

analogous

#496D57 #496D69 #495F6D

triadic

#496D69 #69496D #6D6949

tetradic

#496D69 #57496D #6D494D #5F6D49

square

#496D69 #57496D #6D494D #5F6D49

split-complementary

#496D69 #6D495F #6D5749

monochromatic

#182422 #304846 #496D69 #62928C #84ADA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#496D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#496D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496D69

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496D69	1.00	5.71	3.67	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D6F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.042 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9793',
    500: '#496d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496d69;
$custom-light: #7d9793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 19.78,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50625,
    "c": 0.04162,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496D69

secondary

#99797C

accent

#6B74BC

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F1

border

#C9CCCB

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #496D69

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

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