#496f75

Color #496f75

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.17 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#496f75

RGB

rgb(73, 111, 117)

HSL

hsl(188.2, 23.2%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.2, 37.6%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(44.33, -11.74, -7.6)

LCH

lch(44.33, 13.99, 212.92)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.0438, 208.32)

HWB

hwb(188.2, 28.6%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#754f49

Analogous

#497565

#496f75

#495975

Triadic

#496f75

#75496f

#6f7549

Split-complementary

#496f75

#754959

#756549

Tetradic

#496f75

#4f4975

#754f49

#6f7549

Square

#496f75

#654975

#754f49

#597549

Shades

Color #496f75 mixed toward black.

#3d5d62

#314a4e

#25383b

#182527

#0c1314

Tints

Color #496f75 mixed toward white.

#5e8e96

#7ca6ad

#9dbdc2

#bdd3d6

#dee9eb

Tones

Color #496f75 mixed toward gray.

#4d6c72

#506a6e

#54676a

#586466

#5b6263

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.81:1

White text reads better on this background (5.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c74 · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#5a5773 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#4b7272 · ΔE 3.3

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 13.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #496f75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#496f75]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#496f75 (#496f75) is rgb(73, 111, 117) in RGB.

No, #496f75 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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