#49AA9D#49AA9D

#49AA9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.093 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AA9D
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 157)
HSL	hsl(172, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 7.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -31.61, -1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 31.66, 183.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.093 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.093 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2055, 32.5980, 36.9609)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AA9D #AA4956

analogous

#49AA6D #49AA9D #4986AA

triadic

#49AA9D #9D49AA #AA9D49

tetradic

#49AA9D #6D49AA #AA4956 #86AA49

square

#49AA9D #6D49AA #AA4956 #86AA49

split-complementary

#49AA9D #AA4986 #AA6D49

monochromatic

#24544E #377F75 #49AA9D #6FC1B6 #9AD4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#49AA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#49AA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AA9D

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AA9D	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93969E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aa9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.093 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4b9',
    500: '#49aa9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aa9d;
$custom-light: #85c4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aa9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.959,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67663,
    "c": 0.09315,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AA9D

secondary

#C08F95

accent

#5868D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AA9D

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

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