#49696D#49696D

#49696D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.038 H 205.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49696D
RGB	rgb(73, 105, 109)
HSL	hsl(187, 20%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 33%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 3.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.19, -10.46, -5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.19, 12.04, 209.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.77% -0.0338 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(49.77% 0.038 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5586, 12.6232, 16.3452)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49696D #6D4D49

analogous

#496D5F #49696D #49576D

triadic

#49696D #6D4969 #696D49

tetradic

#49696D #5F496D #6D4D49 #576D49

square

#49696D #5F496D #6D4D49 #576D49

split-complementary

#49696D #6D4957 #6D5F49

monochromatic

#182224 #304648 #49696D #628C92 #84A8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#49696D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#49696D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49696D

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49696D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49696D	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64666D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E626D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C6C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49696d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 105, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.038 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9496',
    500: '#49696d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49696d;
$custom-light: #7d9496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49696d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 19.78,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49765,
    "c": 0.03754,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49696D

secondary

#997C79

accent

#746BBC

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49696D

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

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