#495C56#495C56

#495C56 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.025 H 173.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495C56
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 86)
HSL	hsl(161, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(161, 21%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.38, -8.65, 1.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.38, 8.71, 173.06°)
OKLab	oklab(45.69% -0.0251 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(45.69% 0.025 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2541, 9.7424, 10.2479)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495C56 #5C494F

analogous

#495C4D #495C56 #49585C

triadic

#495C56 #56495C #5C5649

tetradic

#495C56 #4D495C #5C494F #585C49

square

#495C56 #4D495C #5C494F #585C49

split-complementary

#495C56 #5C4958 #5C4D49

monochromatic

#131816 #2E3A36 #495C56 #647E76 #839D94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#495C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#495C56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495C56

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495C56	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#455C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.025 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c8a85',
    500: '#495c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495c56;
$custom-light: #7c8a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.053,
    "s": 11.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45693,
    "c": 0.02523,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495C56

secondary

#8B767D

accent

#7388B4

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#090B0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #495C56

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

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