#49AE8A#49AE8A

#49AE8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.109 H 166.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AE8A
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(159, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -38.17, 9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 39.40, 165.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.1063 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.109 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4689, 33.5214, 29.3260)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AE8A #AE496D

analogous

#49AE57 #49AE8A #499FAE

triadic

#49AE8A #8A49AE #AE8A49

tetradic

#49AE8A #5749AE #AE496D #9FAE49

square

#49AE8A #5749AE #AE496D #9FAE49

split-complementary

#49AE8A #AE499F #AE5749

monochromatic

#255846 #378368 #49AE8A #71C3A6 #9CD5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#49AE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#49AE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AE8A

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AE8A	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C988C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.109 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7ac',
    500: '#49ae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ae8a;
$custom-light: #85c7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.614,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68109,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AE8A

secondary

#C291A2

accent

#5782D1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AE8A

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

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