#49798E#49798E

#49798E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.062 H 227.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49798E
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, -10.26, -16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 19.40, 238.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% -0.0413 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.062 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4657, 17.0431, 28.1133)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49798E #8E5E49

analogous

#498E81 #49798E #49578E

triadic

#49798E #8E4979 #798E49

tetradic

#49798E #81498E #8E5E49 #578E49

square

#49798E #81498E #8E5E49 #578E49

split-complementary

#49798E #8E4957 #8E8149

monochromatic

#1F343D #345766 #49798E #6599B0 #8DB4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#49798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#49798E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49798E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49798E	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E778F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#277F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.062 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809faf',
    500: '#49798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49798e;
$custom-light: #809faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55028,
    "c": 0.06152,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49798E

secondary

#B09083

accent

#7F60C8

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49798E

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

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