#49979F#49979F

#49979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.077 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49979F
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(186, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -21.59, -11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 24.48, 208.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0705 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.077 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0697, 26.0510, 36.7649)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49979F #9F5149

analogous

#499F7C #49979F #496C9F

triadic

#49979F #9F4997 #979F49

tetradic

#49979F #7C499F #9F5149 #6C9F49

square

#49979F #7C499F #9F5149 #6C9F49

split-complementary

#49979F #9F496C #9F7C49

monochromatic

#22474B #366F75 #49979F #6AB3BB #94C9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#49979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#49979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49979F

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49979F	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D92A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.077 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6bb',
    500: '#49979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49979f;
$custom-light: #83b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.581,
    "s": 37.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63041,
    "c": 0.07736,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49979F

secondary

#BA8E8A

accent

#655BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #49979F

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

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