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Symmetrical Verdelite

#627d60
Notes

Symmetrical Verdelite (#627D60) is a true green with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (116°, 13%, 43%) places it in the muted band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary violet. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#627d60
RGB
rgb(98, 125, 96)
HSL
hsl(116, 13%, 43%)
HWB
hwb(116 38% 51%)
OKLCH
oklch(56.0% 0.054 143.1)
P3
color(display-p3 0.4057 0.4871 0.3863)
HSV
hsv(116, 23%, 49%)
LAB
lab(49.63% -15.82 12.70)
LCH
lch(49.63% 20.29 141.26)
CMYK
cmyk(22%, 0%, 23%, 51%)

Etymology

Symmetrical
adjective

Greek symmetría, due-proportion — adjectival suffix -al, derived from sym-metron (with-measure). As a color modifier, symmetrical implies a clear-and-balanced-and-mirrored quality where the hue carries the visual register of bilateral-or-radial proportional symmetry. Sits at the crisp-and-balanced end of the grid, parallel to balanced and aligned in usage.

Verdelite
noun

A trade synonym for green tourmaline — used to distinguish chromium-rich tourmaline from rubellite (red) and indicolite (blue). Mined principally in Brazil, Mozambique, and Maine. The color refers to a faceted Brazilian verdelite: a saturated, slightly cool deep green with the gem's signature internal warmth.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#627d60
Original
#7f785e
Protanopia
#7a7561
Deuteranopia
#607b75
Tritanopia
#757575
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon White
4.54:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon Black
4.62:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##627D60
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.4057 0.4871 0.3863)
Inside sRGBOKLCH chroma 0.054

This color sits well within the sRGB cube. P3 and sRGB share the gray axis and most desaturated tones, so a P3 display renders this identically to an sRGB display.

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