#49A080#49A080

#49A080 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.098 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A080
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 128)
HSL	hsl(158, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(158, 54%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 20%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -34.11, 8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 35.24, 165.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0952 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.098 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2129, 28.1149, 24.8321)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A080 #A04969

analogous

#49A054 #49A080 #4994A0

triadic

#49A080 #8049A0 #A08049

tetradic

#49A080 #5449A0 #A04969 #94A049

square

#49A080 #5449A0 #A04969 #94A049

split-complementary

#49A080 #A04994 #A05449

monochromatic

#234C3D #36765E #49A080 #6BBB9E #95CFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#49A080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#49A080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49A080

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A080	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D967E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908D82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.098 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bca4',
    500: '#49a080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a080;
$custom-light: #83bca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.931,
    "s": 37.339,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64295,
    "c": 0.09782,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A080

secondary

#BB8A9C

accent

#5A85CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A080

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

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