#496F8D#496F8D

#496F8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.064 H 243.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496F8D
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 141)
HSL	hsl(206, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(206, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, -4.75, -20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 21.14, 257.02°)
OKLab	oklab(52.57% -0.0289 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(52.57% 0.064 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.2381, 14.7075, 27.3354)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496F8D #8D6749

analogous

#498D89 #496F8D #494D8D

triadic

#496F8D #8D496F #6F8D49

tetradic

#496F8D #89498D #8D6749 #4D8D49

square

#496F8D #89498D #8D6749 #4D8D49

split-complementary

#496F8D #8D494D #8D8949

monochromatic

#1F303C #344F65 #496F8D #648EAF #8DABC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#496F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#496F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496F8D

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496F8D	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59688C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B7679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.064 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8098ae',
    500: '#496f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496f8d;
$custom-light: #8098ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.471,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52571,
    "c": 0.06417,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496F8D

secondary

#B09682

accent

#8E60C8

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #496F8D

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

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