#496e70

Color #496e70

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 12.71 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#496e70

RGB

rgb(73, 110, 112)

HSL

hsl(183.1, 21.1%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.1, 34.8%, 43.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.8%, 1.8%, 0%, 56.1%)

LAB

lab(43.85, -12.52, -5.3)

LCH

lch(43.85, 13.6, 202.94)

OKLCH

oklch(51.1%, 0.0421, 200.16)

HWB

hwb(183.1, 28.6%, 56.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#704b49

Analogous

#49705f

#496e70

#495b70

Triadic

#496e70

#70496e

#6e7049

Split-complementary

#496e70

#70495b

#705f49

Tetradic

#496e70

#4b4970

#704b49

#6e7049

Square

#496e70

#5f4970

#704b49

#5b7049

Shades

Color #496e70 mixed toward black.

#3d5c5d

#31494b

#253738

#182525

#0c1213

Tints

Color #496e70 mixed toward white.

#5e8e91

#7ca7aa

#9dbdbf

#bdd3d4

#dee9ea

Tones

Color #496e70 mixed toward gray.

#4c6b6d

#50686a

#536566

#566263

#595f60

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.75:1

White text reads better on this background (5.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5c70 · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#59566f · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#4b6f6f · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #496e70;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#496e70]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#496e70 (#496e70) is rgb(73, 110, 112) in RGB.

No, #496e70 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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