#49978E#49978E

#49978E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.078 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49978E
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, -26.29, -2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 26.42, 185.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.078 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.078 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6947, 25.5010, 29.5230)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49978E #974952

analogous

#499767 #49978E #497997

triadic

#49978E #8E4997 #978E49

tetradic

#49978E #674997 #974952 #799749

square

#49978E #674997 #974952 #799749

split-complementary

#49978E #974979 #976749

monochromatic

#214440 #356E67 #49978E #67B6AD #91CAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#49978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#49978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49978E

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49978E	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90908E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.078 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6af',
    500: '#49978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49978e;
$custom-light: #82b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 34.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62444,
    "c": 0.07841,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49978E

secondary

#B6868C

accent

#5D6ACB

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49978E

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

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