#49989C#49989C

#49989C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.078 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49989C
RGB	rgb(73, 152, 156)
HSL	hsl(183, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -22.96, -9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 24.86, 202.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0729 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.078 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9742, 26.2714, 35.4643)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49989C #9C4D49

analogous

#499C77 #49989C #496E9C

triadic

#49989C #9C4998 #989C49

tetradic

#49989C #77499C #9C4D49 #6E9C49

square

#49989C #77499C #9C4D49 #6E9C49

split-complementary

#49989C #9C496E #9C7749

monochromatic

#224749 #356F72 #49989C #69B5B9 #93CACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#49989C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#49989C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49989C

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49989C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49989C	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)

#8E929C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49989c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 152, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.078 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6b9',
    500: '#49989c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49989c;
$custom-light: #83b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49989c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.892,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63177,
    "c": 0.07754,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49989C

secondary

#B88B88

accent

#615CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #49989C

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

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