#496E8A#496E8A

#496E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.061 H 242.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496E8A
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(206, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(206, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, -5.07, -19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 20.12, 255.39°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% -0.0287 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.061 242)
XYZ	xyz(12.9094, 14.4024, 26.1395)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496E8A #8A6549

analogous

#498A86 #496E8A #494E8A

triadic

#496E8A #8A496E #6E8A49

tetradic

#496E8A #86498A #8A6549 #4E8A49

square

#496E8A #86498A #8A6549 #4E8A49

split-complementary

#496E8A #8A494E #8A8649

monochromatic

#1F2E3A #344E62 #496E8A #638DAD #8BAAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#496E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#496E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496E8A

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496E8A	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59678A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D7577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.061 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f97ac',
    500: '#496e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496e8a;
$custom-light: #7f97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.846,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52194,
    "c": 0.06121,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.14403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496E8A

secondary

#AE9481

accent

#8D61C7

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #496E8A

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

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