#49909B#49909B

#49909B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.073 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49909B
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, -19.08, -12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 22.90, 213.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.064 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.073 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6350, 23.7279, 34.6019)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49909B #9B5449

analogous

#499B7D #49909B #49679B

triadic

#49909B #9B4990 #909B49

tetradic

#49909B #7D499B #9B5449 #679B49

square

#49909B #7D499B #9B5449 #679B49

split-complementary

#49909B #9B4967 #9B7D49

monochromatic

#224348 #356971 #49909B #69AEB8 #93C4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#49909B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#49909B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49909B

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49909B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49909B	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C9593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49909b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.073 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b0b8',
    500: '#49909b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49909b;
$custom-light: #83b0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49909b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.049,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61173,
    "c": 0.07296,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49909B

secondary

#B88E88

accent

#6B5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF5F6

border

#CACFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49909B

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

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