#496F66#496F66

#496F66 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.046 H 177.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496F66
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 102)
HSL	hsl(166, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(166, 34%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 0%, 8.1%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, -15.64, 0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 15.65, 177.33°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% -0.0455 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.046 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8295, 13.7440, 14.6500)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496F66 #6F4952

analogous

#496F53 #496F66 #49656F

triadic

#496F66 #66496F #6F6649

tetradic

#496F66 #53496F #6F4952 #656F49

square

#496F66 #53496F #6F4952 #656F49

split-complementary

#496F66 #6F4965 #6F5349

monochromatic

#182522 #314A44 #496F66 #619488 #84AEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#496F66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#496F66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496F66

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496F66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496F66	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6B66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496f66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.046 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9891',
    500: '#496f66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496f66;
$custom-light: #7d9891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496f66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.789,
    "s": 20.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51031,
    "c": 0.04554,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496F66

secondary

#9B7981

accent

#6B7EBD

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF2F0

border

#C9CCCB

text

#0A0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #496F66

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

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