#495249#495249

#495249 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.019 H 145.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495249
RGB	rgb(73, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(120, 6%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(120, 11%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 11%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.84, -5.57, 4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.84, 6.90, 143.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% -0.0153 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.019 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9673, 7.9320, 7.4660)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495249 #524952

analogous

#4D5249 #495249 #49524D

triadic

#495249 #494952 #524949

tetradic

#495249 #494D52 #524952 #524D49

square

#495249 #494D52 #524952 #524D49

split-complementary

#495249 #4D4952 #52494D

monochromatic

#0F110F #2C322C #495249 #667266 #849184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#495249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#495249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495249

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495249	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48514F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.019 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b827b',
    500: '#495249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495249;
$custom-light: #7b827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 5.806,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42762,
    "c": 0.0186,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495249

secondary

#807680

accent

#79AFAF

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#090A09

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #495249

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

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