#49596E#49596E

#49596E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.040 H 255.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49596E
RGB	rgb(73, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(214, 20%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(214, 34%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, -0.61, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 14.00, 267.51°)
OKLab	oklab(45.89% -0.0101 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(45.89% 0.04 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1337, 9.6866, 16.1373)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49596E #6E5E49

analogous

#496B6E #49596E #4B496E

triadic

#49596E #6E4959 #596E49

tetradic

#49596E #6E496B #6E5E49 #496E4B

square

#49596E #6E496B #6E5E49 #496E4B

split-complementary

#49596E #6E4B49 #6B6E49

monochromatic

#181D24 #313B49 #49596E #617793 #8496AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#49596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#49596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49596E

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49596E	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D566E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.040 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d8797',
    500: '#49596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49596e;
$custom-light: #7d8797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.054,
    "s": 20.219,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45888,
    "c": 0.03979,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49596E

secondary

#9A8C79

accent

#996BBD

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#090B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49596E

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

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