#495B59#495B59

#495B59 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.022 H 188.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495B59
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(173, 11%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(173, 20%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, -7.35, -1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 7.43, 188.80°)
OKLab	oklab(45.54% -0.0221 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(45.54% 0.022 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2914, 9.6196, 10.8692)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495B59 #5B494B

analogous

#495B50 #495B59 #49545B

triadic

#495B59 #59495B #5B5949

tetradic

#495B59 #50495B #5B494B #545B49

square

#495B59 #50495B #5B494B #545B49

split-complementary

#495B59 #5B4954 #5B5049

monochromatic

#131717 #2E3938 #495B59 #647D7A #839B99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#495B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#495B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495B59

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495B59	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#445C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.022 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c8987',
    500: '#495b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495b59;
$custom-light: #7c8987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 10.976,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45544,
    "c": 0.02234,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495B59

secondary

#8A7678

accent

#747BB4

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#090B0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #495B59

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

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