#495C59#495C59

#495C59 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.024 H 184.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495C59
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 89)
HSL	hsl(171, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(171, 21%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.47, -7.94, -0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.47, 7.97, 184.87°)
OKLab	oklab(45.8% -0.0237 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(45.8% 0.024 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3775, 9.7918, 10.8979)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495C59 #5C494C

analogous

#495C50 #495C59 #49565C

triadic

#495C59 #59495C #5C5949

tetradic

#495C59 #50495C #5C494C #565C49

square

#495C59 #50495C #5C494C #565C49

split-complementary

#495C59 #5C4956 #5C5049

monochromatic

#131817 #2E3A38 #495C59 #647E7A #839D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#495C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#495C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495C59

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495C59	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#445D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.024 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c8a87',
    500: '#495c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495c59;
$custom-light: #7c8a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 11.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45795,
    "c": 0.02376,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495C59

secondary

#8B7679

accent

#737EB4

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#090B0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #495C59

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

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