#495E6F#495E6F

#495E6F is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.038 H 243.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495E6F
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 111)
HSL	hsl(207, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(207, 34%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.84, -3.40, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.84, 12.68, 254.46°)
OKLab	oklab(47.14% -0.0171 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(47.14% 0.038 243)
XYZ	xyz(9.6187, 10.5691, 16.5691)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495E6F #6F5A49

analogous

#496F6D #495E6F #494B6F

triadic

#495E6F #6F495E #5E6F49

tetradic

#495E6F #6D496F #6F5A49 #4B6F49

square

#495E6F #6D496F #6F5A49 #4B6F49

split-complementary

#495E6F #6F494B #6F6D49

monochromatic

#181F25 #313F4A #495E6F #617D94 #849BAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#495E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#495E6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495E6F

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495E6F	1.00	6.74	3.11	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D6263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.038 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d8b98',
    500: '#495e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495e6f;
$custom-light: #7d8b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.842,
    "s": 20.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47137,
    "c": 0.03763,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.1057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495E6F

secondary

#9B8879

accent

#906BBD

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0C0D

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #495E6F

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

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