#49A090#49A090

#49A090 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.088 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A090
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 144)
HSL	hsl(169, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 54%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 10%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -30.19, 0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 30.19, 179.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0876 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.088 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3503, 28.5698, 30.8222)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A090 #A04959

analogous

#49A065 #49A090 #4984A0

triadic

#49A090 #9049A0 #A09049

tetradic

#49A090 #6549A0 #A04959 #84A049

square

#49A090 #6549A0 #A04959 #84A049

split-complementary

#49A090 #A04984 #A06549

monochromatic

#234C44 #36766A #49A090 #6BBBAD #95CFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#49A090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#49A090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49A090

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A090	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A978F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8D91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.088 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcb0',
    500: '#49a090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a090;
$custom-light: #83bcb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.966,
    "s": 37.339,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64761,
    "c": 0.08762,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A090

secondary

#BB8A93

accent

#5A70CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A090

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

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