#49989B#49989B

#49989B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.077 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49989B
RGB	rgb(73, 152, 155)
HSL	hsl(182, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -23.25, -8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 24.93, 201.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0734 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.077 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8899, 26.2377, 35.0202)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49989B #9B4C49

analogous

#499B75 #49989B #496F9B

triadic

#49989B #9B4998 #989B49

tetradic

#49989B #75499B #9B4C49 #6F9B49

square

#49989B #75499B #9B4C49 #6F9B49

split-complementary

#49989B #9B496F #9B7549

monochromatic

#224648 #356F71 #49989B #69B5B8 #93CACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#49989B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#49989B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49989B

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49989B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49989B	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#039D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49989b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 152, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.077 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6b8',
    500: '#49989b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49989b;
$custom-light: #83b6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49989b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.195,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63141,
    "c": 0.07748,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49989B

secondary

#B88A88

accent

#605CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #49989B

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

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