#49AAA9#49AAA9

#49AAA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.090 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AAA9
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -28.36, -8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 29.48, 195.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0876 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.09 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2807, 33.0281, 42.6239)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AAA9 #AA494A

analogous

#49AA78 #49AAA9 #497BAA

triadic

#49AAA9 #A949AA #AAA949

tetradic

#49AAA9 #7849AA #AA494A #7BAA49

square

#49AAA9 #7849AA #AA494A #7BAA49

split-complementary

#49AAA9 #AA497B #AA7849

monochromatic

#245454 #377F7E #49AAA9 #6FC1C0 #9AD4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#49AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#49AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AAA9

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AAA9	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.090 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c3c2',
    500: '#49aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aaa9;
$custom-light: #86c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.381,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68062,
    "c": 0.0904,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AAA9

secondary

#C08F8F

accent

#5859D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AAA9

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

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