#49A49A#49A49A

#49A49A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.088 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A49A
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 154)
HSL	hsl(173, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 6.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -29.51, -3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 29.67, 185.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0876 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.088 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8533, 30.2984, 35.2621)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A49A #A44953

analogous

#49A46D #49A49A #4981A4

triadic

#49A49A #9A49A4 #A49A49

tetradic

#49A49A #6D49A4 #A44953 #81A449

square

#49A49A #6D49A4 #A44953 #81A449

split-complementary

#49A49A #A44981 #A46D49

monochromatic

#234F4A #367A72 #49A49A #6CBEB5 #97D1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#49A49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#49A49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A49A

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A49A	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9C9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E919B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.088 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfb7',
    500: '#49a49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a49a;
$custom-light: #84bfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.407,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66077,
    "c": 0.08802,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A49A

secondary

#BD8C91

accent

#5966CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A49A

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

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