#49A0AE#49A0AE

#49A0AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.085 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0AE
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, -21.89, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 26.63, 214.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0744 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.085 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9553, 29.6118, 44.5421)
Luminance	0.2961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0AE #AE5749

analogous

#49AE89 #49A0AE #496DAE

triadic

#49A0AE #AE49A0 #A0AE49

tetradic

#49A0AE #8949AE #AE5749 #6DAE49

square

#49A0AE #8949AE #AE5749 #6DAE49

split-complementary

#49A0AE #AE496D #AE8949

monochromatic

#255158 #377883 #49A0AE #71B8C3 #9CCDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#49A0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#49A0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0AE

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0AE	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.085 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcc6',
    500: '#49a0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0ae;
$custom-light: #85bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.317,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65806,
    "c": 0.0854,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0AE

secondary

#C29891

accent

#6857D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0AE

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

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