#49AC9D#49AC9D

#49AC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.095 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AC9D
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 157)
HSL	hsl(171, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 8.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -32.56, -0.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 32.58, 181.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0952 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.095 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5833, 33.3535, 37.0868)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AC9D #AC4958

analogous

#49AC6B #49AC9D #4989AC

triadic

#49AC9D #9D49AC #AC9D49

tetradic

#49AC9D #6B49AC #AC4958 #89AC49

square

#49AC9D #6B49AC #AC4958 #89AC49

split-complementary

#49AC9D #AC4989 #AC6B49

monochromatic

#25564F #378176 #49AC9D #70C2B6 #9BD5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#49AC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#49AC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AC9D

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AC9D	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95989E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ac9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.095 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5b9',
    500: '#49ac9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ac9d;
$custom-light: #85c5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ac9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.909,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68159,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AC9D

secondary

#C19097

accent

#586AD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AC9D

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

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