#49999B#49999B

#49999B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.078 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49999B
RGB	rgb(73, 153, 155)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -23.76, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 25.24, 199.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0745 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.078 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0528, 26.5636, 35.0745)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49999B #9B4B49

analogous

#499B74 #49999B #49709B

triadic

#49999B #9B4999 #999B49

tetradic

#49999B #74499B #9B4B49 #709B49

square

#49999B #74499B #9B4B49 #709B49

split-complementary

#49999B #9B4970 #9B7449

monochromatic

#224748 #357071 #49999B #69B6B8 #93CBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#49999B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#49999B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49999B

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49999B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49999B	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#029E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49999b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 153, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.078 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7b8',
    500: '#49999b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49999b;
$custom-light: #83b7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49999b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.463,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63387,
    "c": 0.07819,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49999B

secondary

#B88988

accent

#5F5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #49999B

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

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