#49AAA8#49AAA8

#49AAA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.090 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AAA8
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -28.64, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 29.62, 194.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.088 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.09 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1872, 32.9907, 42.1314)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AAA8 #AA494B

analogous

#49AA78 #49AAA8 #497BAA

triadic

#49AAA8 #A849AA #AAA849

tetradic

#49AAA8 #7849AA #AA494B #7BAA49

square

#49AAA8 #7849AA #AA494B #7BAA49

split-complementary

#49AAA8 #AA497B #AA7849

monochromatic

#245453 #377F7E #49AAA8 #6FC1BF #9AD4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#49AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#49AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AAA8

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AAA8	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.090 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c3c1',
    500: '#49aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aaa8;
$custom-light: #86c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.763,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68027,
    "c": 0.09049,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AAA8

secondary

#C08F90

accent

#585AD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AAA8

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

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