#495F42

A dark, muted green closely aligning with Darkolivegreen.

About #495F42

When working with digital screens, the color #495F42 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkolivegreen. Its digital footprint relies on 73 parts red, 95 parts green, and 66 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 23% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 105.5° hue, 18.0% saturation, and 31.6% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#495F42
RGB73, 95, 66
HSL105.5°, 18.0%, 31.6%
CMYK23%, 0%, 31%, 63%
HSV105.5°, 30.5%, 37.3%
LAB37.8, -14.5, 14.0
XYZ7.8, 10.0, 6.7
Decimal4808514

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.00:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
3.00:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
6.69:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.55:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #495F42; }
.text-color { color: #495F42; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #495F42; }

Similar Colors

Darkolivegreen
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