#496D8A#496D8A

#496D8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.062 H 243.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496D8A
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(207, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(207, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.50, -4.48, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.50, 20.43, 257.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.95% -0.0274 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(51.95% 0.062 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.8022, 14.1878, 26.1037)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496D8A #8A6649

analogous

#498A87 #496D8A #494D8A

triadic

#496D8A #8A496D #6D8A49

tetradic

#496D8A #87498A #8A6649 #4D8A49

square

#496D8A #87498A #8A6649 #4D8A49

split-complementary

#496D8A #8A494D #8A8749

monochromatic

#1F2E3A #344D62 #496D8A #638CAD #8BAAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#496D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#496D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496D8A

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496D8A	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D7477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.062 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f96ac',
    500: '#496d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496d8a;
$custom-light: #7f96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.769,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51954,
    "c": 0.0618,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496D8A

secondary

#AE9581

accent

#8E61C7

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #496D8A

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

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