#49ACAF#49ACAF

#49ACAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.092 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ACAF
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 175)
HSL	hsl(182, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -27.67, -10.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 29.50, 200.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0872 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.092 198)
XYZ	xyz(25.2348, 34.0141, 45.7846)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ACAF #AF4C49

analogous

#49AF7F #49ACAF #4979AF

triadic

#49ACAF #AF49AC #ACAF49

tetradic

#49ACAF #7F49AF #AF4C49 #79AF49

square

#49ACAF #7F49AF #AF4C49 #79AF49

split-complementary

#49ACAF #AF4979 #AF7F49

monochromatic

#255759 #378284 #49ACAF #71C1C4 #9CD4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#49ACAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#49ACAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACAF

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ACAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ACAF	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A5AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9199B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49acaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.092 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c5c6',
    500: '#49acaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49acaf;
$custom-light: #87c5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49acaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.765,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68761,
    "c": 0.09166,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.34017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ACAF

secondary

#C29391

accent

#5A57D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACAF

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

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