#49ACA8#49ACA8

#49ACA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.092 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ACA8
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(178, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -29.62, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 30.35, 192.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0902 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.092 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5650, 33.7462, 42.2573)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ACA8 #AC494D

analogous

#49AC76 #49ACA8 #497EAC

triadic

#49ACA8 #A849AC #ACA849

tetradic

#49ACA8 #7649AC #AC494D #7EAC49

square

#49ACA8 #7649AC #AC494D #7EAC49

split-complementary

#49ACA8 #AC497E #AC7649

monochromatic

#255654 #37817E #49ACA8 #70C2BF #9BD5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#49ACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#49ACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACA8

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ACA8	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.092 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c5c1',
    500: '#49aca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aca8;
$custom-light: #86c5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.576,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68518,
    "c": 0.09211,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ACA8

secondary

#C19092

accent

#585CD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACA8

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

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