#49797A#49797A

#49797A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.052 H 197.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49797A
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 122)
HSL	hsl(181, 25%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 40%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 0.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, -15.96, -5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 16.95, 199.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% -0.0498 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.052 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.0966, 16.4954, 20.9024)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49797A #7A4A49

analogous

#497A62 #49797A #49607A

triadic

#49797A #7A4979 #797A49

tetradic

#49797A #62497A #7A4A49 #607A49

square

#49797A #62497A #7A4A49 #607A49

split-complementary

#49797A #7A4960 #7A6249

monochromatic

#1B2D2D #325354 #49797A #609FA0 #87B6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#49797A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#49797A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49797A

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49797A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49797A	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73757A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#347C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49797a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.052 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa0a0',
    500: '#49797a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49797a;
$custom-light: #7fa0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49797a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.224,
    "s": 25.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54241,
    "c": 0.05224,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49797A

secondary

#A37D7C

accent

#6866C2

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49797A

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

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