#49AE9E#49AE9E

#49AE9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.097 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AE9E
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 158)
HSL	hsl(170, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 9.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -33.25, -0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 33.25, 181.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.097 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.097 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0525, 34.1548, 37.6661)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AE9E #AE4959

analogous

#49AE6B #49AE9E #498BAE

triadic

#49AE9E #9E49AE #AE9E49

tetradic

#49AE9E #6B49AE #AE4959 #8BAE49

square

#49AE9E #6B49AE #AE4959 #8BAE49

split-complementary

#49AE9E #AE498B #AE6B49

monochromatic

#255850 #378377 #49AE9E #71C3B6 #9CD5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#49AE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#49AE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AE9E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AE9E	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A59D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97999F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ae9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.097 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6ba',
    500: '#49ae9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ae9e;
$custom-light: #86c6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ae9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.495,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68687,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AE9E

secondary

#C29199

accent

#576AD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AE9E

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

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