#49A8A9#49A8A9

#49A8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.089 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8A9
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(181, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -27.38, -8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 28.81, 198.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0854 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.089 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9087, 32.2839, 42.4999)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8A9 #A94A49

analogous

#49A97A #49A8A9 #4978A9

triadic

#49A8A9 #A949A8 #A8A949

tetradic

#49A8A9 #7A49A9 #A94A49 #78A949

square

#49A8A9 #7A49A9 #A94A49 #78A949

split-complementary

#49A8A9 #A94978 #A97A49

monochromatic

#245354 #377E7E #49A8A9 #6FC0C1 #99D2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#49A8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#49A8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8A9

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8A9	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.089 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2c2',
    500: '#49a8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8a9;
$custom-light: #86c2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.625,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67572,
    "c": 0.08892,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8A9

secondary

#BF8F8E

accent

#5958D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8A9

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

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