#49979B#49979B

#49979B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.077 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49979B
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(183, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -22.73, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 24.62, 202.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0722 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.077 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7282, 25.9144, 34.9663)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49979B #9B4D49

analogous

#499B76 #49979B #496E9B

triadic

#49979B #9B4997 #979B49

tetradic

#49979B #76499B #9B4D49 #6E9B49

square

#49979B #76499B #9B4D49 #6E9B49

split-complementary

#49979B #9B496E #9B7649

monochromatic

#224648 #356E71 #49979B #69B4B8 #93C9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#49979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#49979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49979B

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49979B	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)

#8E919B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#049C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.077 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6b8',
    500: '#49979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49979b;
$custom-light: #83b6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.927,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62894,
    "c": 0.0768,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49979B

secondary

#B88A88

accent

#615CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #49979B

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

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