#49A4AA#49A4AA

#49A4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.086 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4AA
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 170)
HSL	hsl(184, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 3.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -25.09, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 27.52, 204.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.0805 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.086 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2758, 30.8674, 42.7538)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4AA #AA4F49

analogous

#49AA7F #49A4AA #4974AA

triadic

#49A4AA #AA49A4 #A4AA49

tetradic

#49A4AA #7F49AA #AA4F49 #74AA49

square

#49A4AA #7F49AA #AA4F49 #74AA49

split-complementary

#49A4AA #AA4974 #AA7F49

monochromatic

#245154 #377B7F #49A4AA #6FBCC1 #9AD0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#49A4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#49A4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4AA

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4AA	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.086 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfc3',
    500: '#49a4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4aa;
$custom-light: #85bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.711,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66629,
    "c": 0.08635,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4AA

secondary

#C0928F

accent

#5F58D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4AA

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

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