#49A79D#49A79D

#49A79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.090 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A79D
RGB	rgb(73, 167, 157)
HSL	hsl(174, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -30.17, -3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 30.34, 186.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0896 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.09 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6495, 31.4860, 36.7755)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A79D #A74953

analogous

#49A76E #49A79D #4982A7

triadic

#49A79D #9D49A7 #A79D49

tetradic

#49A79D #6E49A7 #A74953 #82A749

square

#49A79D #6E49A7 #A74953 #82A749

split-complementary

#49A79D #A74982 #A76E49

monochromatic

#24524D #367C75 #49A79D #6EBFB7 #98D2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#49A79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#49A79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A79D

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A79D	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90949E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 167, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.090 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c1b9',
    500: '#49a79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a79d;
$custom-light: #85c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.617,
    "s": 39.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66919,
    "c": 0.09009,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A79D

secondary

#BE8D93

accent

#5965CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A79D

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

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