#49979D#49979D

#49979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.077 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49979D
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -22.17, -10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 24.52, 205.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0714 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.077 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8976, 25.9822, 35.8582)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49979D #9D4F49

analogous

#499D79 #49979D #496D9D

triadic

#49979D #9D4997 #979D49

tetradic

#49979D #79499D #9D4F49 #6D9D49

square

#49979D #79499D #9D4F49 #6D9D49

split-complementary

#49979D #9D496D #9D7949

monochromatic

#224749 #366F73 #49979D #6AB4BA #93C9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#49979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#49979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49979D

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49979D	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.077 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6b9',
    500: '#49979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49979d;
$custom-light: #83b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62967,
    "c": 0.07702,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49979D

secondary

#B98C89

accent

#635BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #49979D

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

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