#49A8A8#49A8A8

#49A8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.089 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8A8
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -27.65, -8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 28.92, 196.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0858 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.089 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8152, 32.2465, 42.0073)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8A8 #A84949

analogous

#49A879 #49A8A8 #4979A8

triadic

#49A8A8 #A849A8 #A8A849

tetradic

#49A8A8 #7949A8 #A84949 #79A849

square

#49A8A8 #7949A8 #A84949 #79A849

split-complementary

#49A8A8 #A84979 #A87949

monochromatic

#245353 #367D7D #49A8A8 #6EC0C0 #99D3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#49A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#49A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8A8

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8A8	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.089 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2c1',
    500: '#49a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8a8;
$custom-light: #86c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67537,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8A8

secondary

#BF8E8E

accent

#5858CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8A8

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

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