#49989A#49989A

#49989A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.077 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49989A
RGB	rgb(73, 152, 154)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -23.53, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 25.01, 199.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0738 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.077 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8062, 26.2042, 34.5797)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49989A #9A4B49

analogous

#499A73 #49989A #49709A

triadic

#49989A #9A4998 #989A49

tetradic

#49989A #73499A #9A4B49 #709A49

square

#49989A #73499A #9A4B49 #709A49

split-complementary

#49989A #9A4970 #9A7349

monochromatic

#224647 #356F70 #49989A #69B6B8 #92CACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#49989A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#49989A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49989A

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49989A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49989A	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#069C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49989a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 152, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.077 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6b7',
    500: '#49989a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49989a;
$custom-light: #83b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49989a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.481,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63105,
    "c": 0.07745,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49989A

secondary

#B78988

accent

#5F5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #49989A

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

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