#49988E#49988E

#49988E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.079 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49988E
RGB	rgb(73, 152, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 0%, 6.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -26.79, -2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 26.88, 184.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0792 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.079 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8563, 25.8242, 29.5768)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49988E #984953

analogous

#499867 #49988E #497B98

triadic

#49988E #8E4998 #988E49

tetradic

#49988E #674998 #984953 #7B9849

square

#49988E #674998 #984953 #7B9849

split-complementary

#49988E #98497B #986749

monochromatic

#214541 #356F67 #49988E #68B6AC #91CAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#49988E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#49988E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49988E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49988E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49988E	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49988e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 152, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.079 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6af',
    500: '#49988e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49988e;
$custom-light: #82b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49988e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.405,
    "s": 35.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62694,
    "c": 0.07948,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49988E

secondary

#B6878D

accent

#5D6BCB

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49988E

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

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