#496E7B#496E7B

#496E7B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.047 H 222.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496E7B
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 123)
HSL	hsl(196, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(196, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, -9.49, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 14.80, 230.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% -0.0347 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.047 222)
XYZ	xyz(11.8975, 13.9976, 20.8099)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496E7B #7B5649

analogous

#497B6F #496E7B #49557B

triadic

#496E7B #7B496E #6E7B49

tetradic

#496E7B #6F497B #7B5649 #557B49

square

#496E7B #6F497B #7B5649 #557B49

split-complementary

#496E7B #7B4955 #7B6F49

monochromatic

#1B292E #324C55 #496E7B #6090A1 #87ABB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#496E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#496E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496E7B

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496E7B	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666C7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F667B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#367272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.047 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e97a1',
    500: '#496e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496e7b;
$custom-light: #7e97a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 25.51,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51548,
    "c": 0.04666,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.13998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496E7B

secondary

#A4867C

accent

#7E66C2

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #496E7B

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

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