#49596D#49596D

#49596D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.038 H 254.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49596D
RGB	rgb(73, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(213, 20%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(213, 33%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.23, -0.89, -13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.23, 13.46, 266.20°)
OKLab	oklab(45.84% -0.0104 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(45.84% 0.038 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0795, 9.6650, 15.8522)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49596D #6D5D49

analogous

#496B6D #49596D #4B496D

triadic

#49596D #6D4959 #596D49

tetradic

#49596D #6D496B #6D5D49 #496D4B

square

#49596D #6D496B #6D5D49 #496D4B

split-complementary

#49596D #6D4B49 #6B6D49

monochromatic

#181D24 #303B48 #49596D #627792 #8496AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#49596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#49596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49596D

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49596D	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E566D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.038 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d8796',
    500: '#49596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49596d;
$custom-light: #7d8796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 19.78,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45843,
    "c": 0.03837,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49596D

secondary

#998B79

accent

#986BBC

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#090B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49596D

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

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