#49999E#49999E

#49999E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.078 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49999E
RGB	rgb(73, 153, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 3.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -22.91, -10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 25.04, 203.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0732 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.078 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3079, 26.6657, 36.4179)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49999E #9E4E49

analogous

#499E78 #49999E #496F9E

triadic

#49999E #9E4999 #999E49

tetradic

#49999E #78499E #9E4E49 #6F9E49

square

#49999E #78499E #9E4E49 #6F9E49

split-complementary

#49999E #9E496F #9E7849

monochromatic

#22484A #367074 #49999E #6AB5BA #94CACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#49999E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#49999E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49999E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49999E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49999E	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49999e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 153, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.078 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7ba',
    500: '#49999e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49999e;
$custom-light: #84b7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49999e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 36.797,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63496,
    "c": 0.07837,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49999E

secondary

#BA8C89

accent

#625BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #49999E

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

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