#49A89D#49A89D

#49A89D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.091 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A89D
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 157)
HSL	hsl(173, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -30.65, -2.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 30.77, 185.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0907 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.091 185)
XYZ	xyz(22.8334, 31.8538, 36.8368)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A89D #A84954

analogous

#49A86E #49A89D #4983A8

triadic

#49A89D #9D49A8 #A89D49

tetradic

#49A89D #6E49A8 #A84954 #83A849

square

#49A89D #6E49A8 #A84954 #83A849

split-complementary

#49A89D #A84983 #A86E49

monochromatic

#24534D #367D75 #49A89D #6EC0B7 #99D3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#49A89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#49A89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A89D

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A89D	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.091 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2b9',
    500: '#49a89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a89d;
$custom-light: #85c2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.053,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67167,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.31856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A89D

secondary

#BF8E94

accent

#5866CF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A89D

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

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