#496F88#496F88

#496F88 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.058 H 238.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496F88
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 136)
HSL	hsl(204, 30%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(204, 46%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, -6.27, -17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 18.99, 250.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.34% -0.0308 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(52.34% 0.058 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.8745, 14.5620, 25.4201)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496F88 #886249

analogous

#498881 #496F88 #494F88

triadic

#496F88 #88496F #6F8849

tetradic

#496F88 #814988 #886249 #4F8849

square

#496F88 #814988 #886249 #4F8849

split-complementary

#496F88 #88494F #888149

monochromatic

#1E2E38 #344E60 #496F88 #638FAB #8BABC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#496F88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#496F88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496F88

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496F88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496F88	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E7577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496f88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.058 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f98aa',
    500: '#496f88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496f88;
$custom-light: #7f98aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496f88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.81,
    "s": 30.144,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52344,
    "c": 0.05846,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496F88

secondary

#AC9280

accent

#8961C6

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #496F88

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

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