#495E68#495E68

#495E68 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.030 H 228.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495E68
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 104)
HSL	hsl(199, 18%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 30%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.59, -5.32, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.59, 9.85, 237.33°)
OKLab	oklab(46.85% -0.02 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(46.85% 0.03 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2483, 10.4210, 14.6182)
Luminance	0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495E68 #685349

analogous

#496863 #495E68 #494F68

triadic

#495E68 #68495E #5E6849

tetradic

#495E68 #634968 #685349 #4F6849

square

#495E68 #634968 #685349 #4F6849

split-complementary

#495E68 #68494F #686349

monochromatic

#171D20 #303D44 #495E68 #627F8C #839CA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#495E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#495E68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495E68

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495E68	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595D69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F6161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.030 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c8b93',
    500: '#495e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495e68;
$custom-light: #7c8b93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 17.514,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46848,
    "c": 0.03019,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495E68

secondary

#958178

accent

#866EBA

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#090C0D

muted

#7B7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #495E68

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

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