#49989E#49989E

#49989E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.078 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49989E
RGB	rgb(73, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -22.40, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 24.76, 205.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0721 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.078 202)
XYZ	xyz(20.1449, 26.3397, 36.3636)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49989E #9E4F49

analogous

#499E79 #49989E #496E9E

triadic

#49989E #9E4998 #989E49

tetradic

#49989E #79499E #9E4F49 #6E9E49

square

#49989E #79499E #9E4F49 #6E9E49

split-complementary

#49989E #9E496E #9E7949

monochromatic

#22474A #367074 #49989E #6AB5BA #94C9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#49989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#49989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49989E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49989E	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.078 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6ba',
    500: '#49989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49989e;
$custom-light: #83b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.235,
    "s": 36.797,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6325,
    "c": 0.07776,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.26342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49989E

secondary

#BA8D89

accent

#635BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #49989E

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

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