#49997B#49997B

#49997B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.092 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49997B
RGB	rgb(73, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(158, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(158, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 0%, 19.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, -32.00, 8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 33.07, 165.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0894 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.092 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7124, 25.6275, 22.7482)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49997B #994967

analogous

#499953 #49997B #498F99

triadic

#49997B #7B4999 #997B49

tetradic

#49997B #534999 #994967 #8F9949

square

#49997B #534999 #994967 #8F9949

split-complementary

#49997B #99498F #995349

monochromatic

#214638 #35705A #49997B #68B799 #92CBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#49997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#49997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49997B

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49997B	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.092 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7a1',
    500: '#49997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49997b;
$custom-light: #82b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 35.398,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62376,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49997B

secondary

#B78799

accent

#5C86CB

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49997B

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

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