#49997F#49997F

#49997F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.089 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49997F
RGB	rgb(73, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(161, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(161, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 0%, 17%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -31.05, 6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 31.67, 168.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0874 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.089 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9679, 25.7297, 24.0940)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49997F #994963

analogous

#499957 #49997F #498B99

triadic

#49997F #7F4999 #997F49

tetradic

#49997F #574999 #994963 #8B9949

square

#49997F #574999 #994963 #8B9949

split-complementary

#49997F #99498B #995749

monochromatic

#21463A #35705D #49997F #68B79D #92CBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#49997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#49997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49997F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49997F	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95907E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.089 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7a4',
    500: '#49997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49997f;
$custom-light: #82b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.5,
    "s": 35.398,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62488,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49997F

secondary

#B78797

accent

#5C80CB

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49997F

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

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