#49797C#49797C

#49797C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.052 H 200.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49797C
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 124)
HSL	hsl(184, 26%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 41%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, -15.42, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 16.84, 203.73°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% -0.0489 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.052 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2218, 16.5455, 21.5618)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49797C #7C4C49

analogous

#497C65 #49797C #495F7C

triadic

#49797C #7C4979 #797C49

tetradic

#49797C #65497C #7C4C49 #5F7C49

square

#49797C #65497C #7C4C49 #5F7C49

split-complementary

#49797C #7C495F #7C6549

monochromatic

#1C2E2F #325355 #49797C #619EA2 #87B5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#49797C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#49797C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49797C

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49797C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49797C	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73757C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#337C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49797c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.052 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f9fa1',
    500: '#49797c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49797c;
$custom-light: #7f9fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49797c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 25.888,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54314,
    "c": 0.05236,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49797C

secondary

#A47F7C

accent

#6B66C2

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49797C

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

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