#49A490#49A490

#49A490 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.092 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A490
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 144)
HSL	hsl(167, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 12.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, -32.10, 2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 32.18, 176.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0922 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.092 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0549, 29.9790, 31.0571)
Luminance	0.2998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A490 #A4495D

analogous

#49A463 #49A490 #498BA4

triadic

#49A490 #9049A4 #A49049

tetradic

#49A490 #6349A4 #A4495D #8BA449

square

#49A490 #6349A4 #A4495D #8BA449

split-complementary

#49A490 #A4498B #A46349

monochromatic

#234F46 #367A6B #49A490 #6CBEAC #97D1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#49A490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#49A490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A490

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A490	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.092 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfb0',
    500: '#49a490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a490;
$custom-light: #84bfb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.813,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65763,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A490

secondary

#BD8C97

accent

#5973CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A490

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

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