#49A696#49A696

#49A696 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.092 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A696
RGB	rgb(73, 166, 150)
HSL	hsl(170, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 9.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -31.52, -0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 31.52, 180.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.0917 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.092 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8865, 30.8888, 33.6570)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A696 #A64959

analogous

#49A667 #49A696 #4988A6

triadic

#49A696 #9649A6 #A69649

tetradic

#49A696 #6749A6 #A64959 #88A649

square

#49A696 #6749A6 #A64959 #88A649

split-complementary

#49A696 #A64988 #A66749

monochromatic

#245149 #367B70 #49A696 #6DBFB1 #98D2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#49A696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#49A696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A696

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A696	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 166, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.092 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c1b4',
    500: '#49a696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a696;
$custom-light: #84c1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.677,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66447,
    "c": 0.09169,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A696

secondary

#BE8D95

accent

#596DCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A696

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

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