#49535E#49535E

#49535E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.022 H 250.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49535E
RGB	rgb(73, 83, 94)
HSL	hsl(211, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(211, 22%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.82, -1.23, -7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.82, 7.81, 260.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% -0.0073 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.022 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8608, 8.4109, 11.7968)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49535E #5E5449

analogous

#495D5E #49535E #49495E

triadic

#49535E #5E4953 #535E49

tetradic

#49535E #5E495D #5E5449 #495E49

square

#49535E #5E495D #5E5449 #495E49

split-complementary

#49535E #5E4949 #5D5E49

monochromatic

#131619 #2E353C #49535E #647180 #83909F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#49535E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#49535E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49535E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49535E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49535E	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F535F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D515E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#445556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49535e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 83, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.022 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c838b',
    500: '#49535e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49535e;
$custom-light: #7c838b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49535e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 12.575,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43761,
    "c": 0.0222,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49535E

secondary

#8C8276

accent

#9572B5

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#090A0C

muted

#7B7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #49535E

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

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