#49AAA6#49AAA6

#49AAA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.091 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AAA6
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(178, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -29.19, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 29.91, 192.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0889 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.091 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0023, 32.9167, 41.1576)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AAA6 #AA494D

analogous

#49AA76 #49AAA6 #497DAA

triadic

#49AAA6 #A649AA #AAA649

tetradic

#49AAA6 #7649AA #AA494D #7DAA49

square

#49AAA6 #7649AA #AA494D #7DAA49

split-complementary

#49AAA6 #AA497D #AA7649

monochromatic

#245452 #377F7C #49AAA6 #6FC1BE #9AD4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#49AAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#49AAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AAA6

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AAA6	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.091 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c3c0',
    500: '#49aaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aaa6;
$custom-light: #86c3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.526,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67959,
    "c": 0.09075,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AAA6

secondary

#C08F91

accent

#585DD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AAA6

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

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