#49A8A2#49A8A2

#49A8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.090 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8A2
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(176, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -29.31, -5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 29.79, 190.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0885 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.09 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2691, 32.0281, 39.1312)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8A2 #A8494F

analogous

#49A873 #49A8A2 #497EA8

triadic

#49A8A2 #A249A8 #A8A249

tetradic

#49A8A2 #7349A8 #A8494F #7EA849

square

#49A8A2 #7349A8 #A8494F #7EA849

split-complementary

#49A8A2 #A8497E #A87349

monochromatic

#245350 #367D79 #49A8A2 #6EC0BB #99D3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#49A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#49A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8A2

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8A2	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.090 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2bd',
    500: '#49a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8a2;
$custom-light: #85c2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.211,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67331,
    "c": 0.08974,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8A2

secondary

#BF8E91

accent

#5860CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8A2

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

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