#49979A#49979A

#49979A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.077 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49979A
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -23.01, -8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 24.69, 201.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0727 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.077 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6446, 25.8810, 34.5259)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49979A #9A4C49

analogous

#499A75 #49979A #496F9A

triadic

#49979A #9A4997 #979A49

tetradic

#49979A #75499A #9A4C49 #6F9A49

square

#49979A #75499A #9A4C49 #6F9A49

split-complementary

#49979A #9A496F #9A7549

monochromatic

#224647 #356E70 #49979A #69B5B8 #92C9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#49979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#49979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49979A

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49979A	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E919A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#079C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.077 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6b7',
    500: '#49979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49979a;
$custom-light: #83b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62858,
    "c": 0.07674,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49979A

secondary

#B78988

accent

#605CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #49979A

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

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