#496E7A#496E7A

#496E7A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.046 H 220.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496E7A
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 122)
HSL	hsl(195, 25%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(195, 40%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, -9.78, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 14.58, 227.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% -0.0351 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.046 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8352, 13.9727, 20.4819)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496E7A #7A5549

analogous

#497A6D #496E7A #49557A

triadic

#496E7A #7A496E #6E7A49

tetradic

#496E7A #6D497A #7A5549 #557A49

square

#496E7A #6D497A #7A5549 #557A49

split-complementary

#496E7A #7A4955 #7A6D49

monochromatic

#1B292D #324B54 #496E7A #6090A0 #87ABB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#496E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#496E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496E7A

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496E7A	1.00	5.53	3.79	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F667A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#367272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.046 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e97a0',
    500: '#496e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496e7a;
$custom-light: #7e97a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 25.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51508,
    "c": 0.04598,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496E7A

secondary

#A3857C

accent

#7D66C2

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #496E7A

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

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