#49829B#49829B

#49829B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.071 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49829B
RGB	rgb(73, 130, 155)
HSL	hsl(198, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, -11.43, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 22.29, 239.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% -0.0473 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.071 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6445, 19.7469, 33.9384)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49829B #9B6249

analogous

#499B8B #49829B #49599B

triadic

#49829B #9B4982 #829B49

tetradic

#49829B #8B499B #9B6249 #599B49

square

#49829B #8B499B #9B6249 #599B49

split-complementary

#49829B #9B4959 #9B8B49

monochromatic

#223C48 #355F71 #49829B #69A0B8 #93BACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#49829B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#49829B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49829B

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49829B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49829B	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75809C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69779B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49829b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 130, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.071 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a6b8',
    500: '#49829b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49829b;
$custom-light: #82a6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49829b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.293,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57765,
    "c": 0.07115,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49829B

secondary

#B89788

accent

#7E5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49829B

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

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