#495C72#495C72

#495C72 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.043 H 252.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495C72
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 114)
HSL	hsl(212, 22%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(212, 36%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 19.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.35, -1.32, -14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.35, 14.88, 264.90°)
OKLab	oklab(46.79% -0.0129 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(46.79% 0.043 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6111, 10.2852, 17.3952)
Luminance	0.1029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495C72 #725F49

analogous

#497172 #495C72 #4B4972

triadic

#495C72 #72495C #5C7249

tetradic

#495C72 #724971 #725F49 #49724B

square

#495C72 #724971 #725F49 #49724B

split-complementary

#495C72 #724B49 #717249

monochromatic

#192027 #313E4D #495C72 #617A97 #8599B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#495C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#495C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495C72

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495C72	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545D73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C6163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.043 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d8a9a',
    500: '#495c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495c72;
$custom-light: #7d8a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.195,
    "s": 21.925,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46786,
    "c": 0.04284,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495C72

secondary

#9D8D7A

accent

#9769BE

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0B0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #495C72

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

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