#49A2AD#49A2AD

#49A2AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.086 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A2AD
RGB	rgb(73, 162, 173)
HSL	hsl(187, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -23.21, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 26.97, 210.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% -0.077 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.086 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2077, 30.2720, 44.1471)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A2AD #AD5449

analogous

#49AD86 #49A2AD #4970AD

triadic

#49A2AD #AD49A2 #A2AD49

tetradic

#49A2AD #8649AD #AD5449 #70AD49

square

#49A2AD #8649AD #AD5449 #70AD49

split-complementary

#49A2AD #AD4970 #AD8649

monochromatic

#255157 #377A82 #49A2AD #70BAC3 #9BCFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#49A2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#49A2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A2AD

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A2AD	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8691AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 162, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.086 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bdc5',
    500: '#49a2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a2ad;
$custom-light: #86bdc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.6,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66253,
    "c": 0.08588,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A2AD

secondary

#C19690

accent

#6557D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A2AD

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

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