#49A0AF#49A0AF

#49A0AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.086 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0AF
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 175)
HSL	hsl(189, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, -21.60, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 26.68, 215.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.0739 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.086 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0532, 29.6510, 45.0574)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0AF #AF5849

analogous

#49AF8B #49A0AF #496DAF

triadic

#49A0AF #AF49A0 #A0AF49

tetradic

#49A0AF #8B49AF #AF5849 #6DAF49

square

#49A0AF #8B49AF #AF5849 #6DAF49

split-complementary

#49A0AF #AF496D #AF8B49

monochromatic

#255159 #377984 #49A0AF #71B8C4 #9CCDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#49A0AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#49A0AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0AF

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0AF	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.086 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bcc6',
    500: '#49a0af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0af;
$custom-light: #86bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65844,
    "c": 0.08574,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0AF

secondary

#C29991

accent

#6957D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0AF

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

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