#49979E#49979E

#49979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.077 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49979E
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -21.88, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 24.50, 206.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0709 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.077 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9833, 26.0165, 36.3097)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49979E #9E5049

analogous

#499E7A #49979E #496C9E

triadic

#49979E #9E4997 #979E49

tetradic

#49979E #7A499E #9E5049 #6C9E49

square

#49979E #7A499E #9E5049 #6C9E49

split-complementary

#49979E #9E496C #9E7A49

monochromatic

#22474A #366F74 #49979E #6AB4BA #94C9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#49979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#49979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49979E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#8D919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.077 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6ba',
    500: '#49979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49979e;
$custom-light: #83b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.941,
    "s": 36.797,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63004,
    "c": 0.07718,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49979E

secondary

#BA8D89

accent

#645BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #49979E

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

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