#49A3AF#49A3AF

#49A3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.087 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3AF
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(187, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, -23.14, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 27.21, 211.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0773 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.087 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5795, 30.7037, 45.2329)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3AF #AF5549

analogous

#49AF88 #49A3AF #4970AF

triadic

#49A3AF #AF49A3 #A3AF49

tetradic

#49A3AF #8849AF #AF5549 #70AF49

square

#49A3AF #8849AF #AF5549 #70AF49

split-complementary

#49A3AF #AF4970 #AF8849

monochromatic

#255359 #377B84 #49A3AF #71BAC4 #9CCFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#49A3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#49A3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3AF

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3AF	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.087 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bec6',
    500: '#49a3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3af;
$custom-light: #86bec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66572,
    "c": 0.08683,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3AF

secondary

#C29791

accent

#6557D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3AF

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

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