#49A8A0#49A8A0

#49A8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.090 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8A0
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(175, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -29.85, -4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 30.16, 188.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0894 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.09 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0927, 31.9575, 38.2023)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8A0 #A84951

analogous

#49A870 #49A8A0 #4981A8

triadic

#49A8A0 #A049A8 #A8A049

tetradic

#49A8A0 #7049A8 #A84951 #81A849

square

#49A8A0 #7049A8 #A84951 #81A849

split-complementary

#49A8A0 #A84981 #A87049

monochromatic

#24534F #367D77 #49A8A0 #6EC0B9 #99D3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#49A8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#49A8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8A0

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8A0	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9195A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.090 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2bc',
    500: '#49a8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8a0;
$custom-light: #85c2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.947,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67265,
    "c": 0.0902,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8A0

secondary

#BF8E92

accent

#5862CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8A0

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

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