#49697E#49697E

#49697E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.050 H 237.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49697E
RGB	rgb(73, 105, 126)
HSL	hsl(204, 27%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(204, 42%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, -5.70, -15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 16.36, 249.62°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% -0.0266 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.05 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5639, 13.0253, 21.6394)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49697E #7E5E49

analogous

#497E79 #49697E #494F7E

triadic

#49697E #7E4969 #697E49

tetradic

#49697E #79497E #7E5E49 #4F7E49

square

#49697E #79497E #7E5E49 #4F7E49

split-complementary

#49697E #7E494F #7E7949

monochromatic

#1C2831 #334957 #49697E #6189A3 #88A6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#49697E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#49697E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49697E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49697E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49697E	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60687F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58637E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#356E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49697e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 105, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.050 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e93a3',
    500: '#49697e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49697e;
$custom-light: #7e93a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49697e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.774,
    "s": 26.633,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50452,
    "c": 0.05003,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49697E

secondary

#A68D7D

accent

#8A65C3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F3

border

#C9CBCD

text

#0A0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49697E

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

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