#49A38F#49A38F

#49A38F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.092 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A38F
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 143)
HSL	hsl(167, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 12.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -31.88, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 31.96, 175.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0915 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.092 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8006, 29.5921, 30.5969)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A38F #A3495D

analogous

#49A362 #49A38F #498AA3

triadic

#49A38F #8F49A3 #A38F49

tetradic

#49A38F #6249A3 #A3495D #8AA349

square

#49A38F #6249A3 #A3495D #8AA349

split-complementary

#49A38F #A3498A #A36249

monochromatic

#234E45 #36796A #49A38F #6CBDAB #96D0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#49A38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#49A38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49A38F

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A38F	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	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)

#9D9A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909091

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.092 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfaf',
    500: '#49a38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a38f;
$custom-light: #84bfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 38.136,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65482,
    "c": 0.0917,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A38F

secondary

#BC8C96

accent

#5A74CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A38F

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

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