HEX atlas value

#49796B

#49796B is a cool green HEX color nearest Hookers Green. RGB 73, 121, 107, HSL 163° 25% 38%, luminance 0.1615; view contrast and conversions.

green cool muted earth-tone

#49796B Sample readable text

HEX #49796B

RGB rgb(73, 121, 107)

HSL hsl(163 25% 38%)

CMYK cmyk(40, 0, 12, 53)

Luminance 0.1615

Contrast Black 4.23:1White 4.96:1

CSS

--color-49796b: #49796B;
.background-49796b { background-color: #49796B; }
.text-49796b { color: #49796B; }

HEX meaning and use

About #49796B

#49796B is classified as a cool green value with muted and earth tone visual character. #49796B is visually closest to Hookers Green, a named green color with HEX #49796B.

The RGB channels are 73, 121, and 107, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 163deg with 25% saturation and 38% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.1615, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text4.23:1AA Fail

White text4.96:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #49796B needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000004.23:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF4.96:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#264039#264039 · #FFFFFF text · best 11.21:1 #73AB9B#73AB9B · #000000 text · best 8.03:1 #794956#794956 · #FFFFFF text · best 7.24:1 Storm Blue#4F666A · #FFFFFF text · best 6.1:1 #5E6462#5E6462 · #FFFFFF text · best 6.04:1

Generated Palette

Hookers Green#49796B

#794956#794956

#497953#497953

#496F79#496F79

#73AB9B#73AB9B

#264039#264039

Color Harmonies

#794956#794956

#497953#497953

#496F79#496F79

#6B4979#6B4979

#796B49#796B49

Variants

#73AB9B#73AB9B

#264039#264039

#338E75#338E75

#5E6462#5E6462

#97AAA5#97AAA5

#00EBA8#00EBA8

Nearest Named Colors

Hookers Green#49796B

Viridian#40826D

Storm Blue#4F666A

Alexandrite#3D8B74

Aegean Blue#4E6E81

Luminance0.1615

Black text4.23:1AA Fail

White text4.96:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#49796B","rgb":[73,121,107],"hsl":[163,25,38],"cmyk":[40,0,12,53],"luminance":0.1615,"contrast":{"black":4.23,"white":4.96}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":4.23,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":4.96,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#264039","hex":"#264039","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.87,"contrastWhite":11.21,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#73AB9B","hex":"#73AB9B","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.03,"contrastWhite":2.62,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#794956","hex":"#794956","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.9,"contrastWhite":7.24,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]},{"name":"Storm Blue","hex":"#4F666A","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.44,"contrastWhite":6.1,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]},{"name":"#5E6462","hex":"#5E6462","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.48,"contrastWhite":6.04,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","muted","earth tone","muted green","earth tone green","Hookers Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/49796b.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/hookers-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/viridian.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/storm-blue.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#794956","analogous":["#497953","#496F79"],"triadic":["#6B4979","#796B49"],"tetradic":["#534979","#794956","#6F7949"],"splitComplementary":["#79496F","#795349"],"monochromatic":["#73AB9B","#49796B","#264039"]}

Variants

{"light":"#73AB9B","dark":"#264039","saturated":"#338E75","desaturated":"#5E6462","pastel":"#97AAA5","neon":"#00EBA8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"hookers-green","name":"Hookers Green","hex":"#49796B","distance":0},{"slug":"viridian","name":"Viridian","hex":"#40826D","distance":12.884098726725126},{"slug":"storm-blue","name":"Storm Blue","hex":"#4F666A","distance":19.949937343260004},{"slug":"alexandrite","name":"Alexandrite","hex":"#3D8B74","distance":23.430749027719962},{"slug":"aegean-blue","name":"Aegean Blue","hex":"#4E6E81","distance":25.099800796022265}]

#49796B

CSS

About #49796B

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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