#49797E#49797E

#49797E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.053 H 204.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49797E
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(186, 27%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(186, 42%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, -14.87, -7.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 16.82, 207.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% -0.0481 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.053 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.3495, 16.5966, 22.2346)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49797E #7E4E49

analogous

#497E69 #49797E #495F7E

triadic

#49797E #7E4979 #797E49

tetradic

#49797E #69497E #7E4E49 #5F7E49

square

#49797E #69497E #7E4E49 #5F7E49

split-complementary

#49797E #7E495F #7E6949

monochromatic

#1C2F31 #335457 #49797E #619DA3 #88B5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#49797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#49797E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49797E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49797E	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72757E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#327D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.053 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f9fa3',
    500: '#49797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49797e;
$custom-light: #7f9fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.66,
    "s": 26.633,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54388,
    "c": 0.05269,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49797E

secondary

#A6817D

accent

#6E65C3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F3

border

#C9CCCD

text

#0A0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49797E

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