#496E66#496E66

#496E66 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.044 H 179.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496E66
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 102)
HSL	hsl(167, 20%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 34%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 0%, 7.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, -15.08, 0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 15.09, 178.99°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% -0.0441 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.044 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7210, 13.5270, 14.6139)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496E66 #6E4951

analogous

#496E53 #496E66 #49636E

triadic

#496E66 #66496E #6E6649

tetradic

#496E66 #53496E #6E4951 #636E49

square

#496E66 #53496E #6E4951 #636E49

split-complementary

#496E66 #6E4963 #6E5349

monochromatic

#182422 #314944 #496E66 #619388 #84ADA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#496E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#496E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496E66

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496E66	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6A66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E6F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.044 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9791',
    500: '#496e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496e66;
$custom-light: #7d9791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.027,
    "s": 20.219,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50777,
    "c": 0.04411,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496E66

secondary

#9A7980

accent

#6B7DBD

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF2F0

border

#C9CCCB

text

#0A0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #496E66

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

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