#49A79B#49A79B

#49A79B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.091 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A79B
RGB	rgb(73, 167, 155)
HSL	hsl(172, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 7.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -30.70, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 30.78, 184.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0905 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.091 184)
XYZ	xyz(22.4802, 31.4183, 35.8836)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A79B #A74955

analogous

#49A76C #49A79B #4984A7

triadic

#49A79B #9B49A7 #A79B49

tetradic

#49A79B #6C49A7 #A74955 #84A749

square

#49A79B #6C49A7 #A74955 #84A749

split-complementary

#49A79B #A74984 #A76C49

monochromatic

#24524C #367C73 #49A79B #6EBFB5 #98D2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#49A79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#49A79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A79B

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A79B	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	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)

#A09E9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 167, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.091 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c1b8',
    500: '#49a79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a79b;
$custom-light: #85c1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.34,
    "s": 39.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66854,
    "c": 0.09075,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.3142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A79B

secondary

#BE8D94

accent

#5968CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A79B

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

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