#496F8A#496F8A

#496F8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.061 H 240.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496F8A
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 138)
HSL	hsl(205, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(205, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.11, -5.66, -19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.11, 19.83, 253.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.43% -0.03 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(52.43% 0.061 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.0179, 14.6194, 26.1757)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496F8A #8A6449

analogous

#498A85 #496F8A #494F8A

triadic

#496F8A #8A496F #6F8A49

tetradic

#496F8A #85498A #8A6449 #4F8A49

square

#496F8A #85498A #8A6449 #4F8A49

split-complementary

#496F8A #8A494F #8A8549

monochromatic

#1F2F3A #344F62 #496F8A #638EAD #8BABC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#496F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#496F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496F8A

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496F8A	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A688A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D7678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.061 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f98ac',
    500: '#496f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496f8a;
$custom-light: #7f98ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.923,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52434,
    "c": 0.06068,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496F8A

secondary

#AE9481

accent

#8B61C7

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #496F8A

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

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