#496f74

Color #496f74

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 13.46 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#496f74

RGB

rgb(73, 111, 116)

HSL

hsl(187, 22.8%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187, 37.1%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(44.3, -12.01, -7.05)

LCH

lch(44.3, 13.93, 210.41)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.0436, 206.27)

HWB

hwb(187, 28.6%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#744e49

Analogous

#497464

#496f74

#495a74

Triadic

#496f74

#74496f

#6f7449

Split-complementary

#496f74

#74495a

#746449

Tetradic

#496f74

#4e4974

#744e49

#6f7449

Square

#496f74

#644974

#744e49

#5a7449

Shades

Color #496f74 mixed toward black.

#3d5d61

#314a4d

#25383a

#182527

#0c1313

Tints

Color #496f74 mixed toward white.

#5e8f95

#7ca7ac

#9dbdc1

#bdd3d6

#dee9ea

Tones

Color #496f74 mixed toward gray.

#4d6c71

#506a6d

#546769

#576466

#5b6162

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

#5c5c73 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#5a5773 · ΔE 22.1

Tritanopia

#4b7272 · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 13.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #496f74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#496f74]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#496f74 (#496f74) is rgb(73, 111, 116) in RGB.

No, #496f74 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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