#495C55#495C55

#495C55 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.026 H 170.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495C55
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(158, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(158, 21%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 7.6%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.35, -8.88, 1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.35, 9.03, 169.60°)
OKLab	oklab(45.66% -0.0256 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(45.66% 0.026 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2140, 9.7264, 10.0372)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495C55 #5C4950

analogous

#495C4C #495C55 #49595C

triadic

#495C55 #55495C #5C5549

tetradic

#495C55 #4C495C #5C4950 #595C49

square

#495C55 #4C495C #5C4950 #595C49

split-complementary

#495C55 #5C4959 #5C4C49

monochromatic

#131816 #2E3A35 #495C55 #647E75 #839D93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#495C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#495C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495C55

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495C55	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#455C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.026 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c8a84',
    500: '#495c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495c55;
$custom-light: #7c8a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.895,
    "s": 11.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4566,
    "c": 0.02591,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495C55

secondary

#8B767E

accent

#738BB4

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#090B0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #495C55

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

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