#49A8A3#49A8A3

#49A8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.090 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8A3
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 163)
HSL	hsl(177, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -29.03, -5.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 29.62, 191.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.088 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.09 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3583, 32.0638, 39.6012)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8A3 #A8494E

analogous

#49A874 #49A8A3 #497EA8

triadic

#49A8A3 #A349A8 #A8A349

tetradic

#49A8A3 #7449A8 #A8494E #7EA849

square

#49A8A3 #7449A8 #A8494E #7EA849

split-complementary

#49A8A3 #A8497E #A87449

monochromatic

#245350 #367D7A #49A8A3 #6EC0BC #99D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#49A8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#49A8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8A3

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8A3	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	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)

#9FA0A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.090 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2be',
    500: '#49a8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8a3;
$custom-light: #85c2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67365,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8A3

secondary

#BF8E91

accent

#585FCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8A3

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

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