#49A79A#49A79A

#49A79A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.091 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A79A
RGB	rgb(73, 167, 154)
HSL	hsl(172, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 7.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -30.96, -1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 31.01, 183.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% -0.091 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.091 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3965, 31.3848, 35.4432)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A79A #A74956

analogous

#49A76B #49A79A #4985A7

triadic

#49A79A #9A49A7 #A79A49

tetradic

#49A79A #6B49A7 #A74956 #85A749

square

#49A79A #6B49A7 #A74956 #85A749

split-complementary

#49A79A #A74985 #A76B49

monochromatic

#24524B #367C73 #49A79A #6EBFB4 #98D2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#49A79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#49A79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A79A

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A79A	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91939B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 167, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.091 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c1b7',
    500: '#49a79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a79a;
$custom-light: #85c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.702,
    "s": 39.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66822,
    "c": 0.09113,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A79A

secondary

#BE8D94

accent

#5969CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A79A

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

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