#49A499#49A499

#49A499 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.088 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A499
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 153)
HSL	hsl(173, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 6.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -29.78, -2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 29.88, 184.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.088 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.088 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7704, 30.2652, 34.8253)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A499 #A44954

analogous

#49A46C #49A499 #4982A4

triadic

#49A499 #9949A4 #A49949

tetradic

#49A499 #6C49A4 #A44954 #82A449

square

#49A499 #6C49A4 #A44954 #82A449

split-complementary

#49A499 #A44982 #A46C49

monochromatic

#234F4A #367A71 #49A499 #6CBEB4 #97D1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#49A499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#49A499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A499

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A499	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)

#9D9C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E919A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.088 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfb7',
    500: '#49a499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a499;
$custom-light: #84bfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.747,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66044,
    "c": 0.08834,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A499

secondary

#BD8C92

accent

#5968CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A499

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

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