#49A899#49A899

#49A899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.093 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A899
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(171, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -31.70, -0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 31.71, 181.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0926 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.093 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4975, 31.7195, 35.0677)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A899 #A84958

analogous

#49A869 #49A899 #4988A8

triadic

#49A899 #9949A8 #A89949

tetradic

#49A899 #6949A8 #A84958 #88A849

square

#49A899 #6949A8 #A84958 #88A849

split-complementary

#49A899 #A84988 #A86949

monochromatic

#24534B #367D72 #49A899 #6EC0B3 #99D3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#49A899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#49A899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A899

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A899	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92949A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.093 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2b7',
    500: '#49a899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a899;
$custom-light: #85c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67039,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A899

secondary

#BF8E96

accent

#586BCF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A899

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

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