#495E72#495E72

#495E72 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.041 H 247.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495E72
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 114)
HSL	hsl(209, 22%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(209, 36%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 17.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.96, -2.55, -13.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.96, 14.12, 259.60°)
OKLab	oklab(47.27% -0.0159 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(47.27% 0.041 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7867, 10.6363, 17.4537)
Luminance	0.1064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495E72 #725D49

analogous

#497272 #495E72 #494A72

triadic

#495E72 #72495E #5E7249

tetradic

#495E72 #724972 #725D49 #4A7249

square

#495E72 #724972 #725D49 #4A7249

split-complementary

#495E72 #72494A #727249

monochromatic

#192027 #313F4D #495E72 #617D97 #859BB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#495E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#495E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495E72

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495E72	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565E73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C6365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.041 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d8b9a',
    500: '#495e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495e72;
$custom-light: #7d8b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.268,
    "s": 21.925,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47267,
    "c": 0.04138,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495E72

secondary

#9D8B7A

accent

#9369BE

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0C0E

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #495E72

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

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