#49596C#49596C

#49596C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.037 H 253.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49596C
RGB	rgb(73, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(213, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(213, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.20, -1.17, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.20, 12.92, 264.79°)
OKLab	oklab(45.8% -0.0108 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(45.8% 0.037 253)
XYZ	xyz(9.0260, 9.6436, 15.5703)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49596C #6C5C49

analogous

#496A6C #49596C #4A496C

triadic

#49596C #6C4959 #596C49

tetradic

#49596C #6C496A #6C5C49 #496C4A

square

#49596C #6C496A #6C5C49 #496C4A

split-complementary

#49596C #6C4A49 #6A6C49

monochromatic

#181D23 #303B47 #49596C #627791 #8496AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#49596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#49596C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49596C

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49596C	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52596D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E566C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F5D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.037 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c8796',
    500: '#49596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49596c;
$custom-light: #7c8796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.571,
    "s": 19.337,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45799,
    "c": 0.03697,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.09644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49596C

secondary

#988A78

accent

#976CBC

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF1

border

#C9CACB

text

#090B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49596C

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

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