#49AEA0#49AEA0

#49AEA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.096 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEA0
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 160)
HSL	hsl(172, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -32.72, -1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 32.76, 182.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.096 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.096 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2260, 34.2242, 38.5801)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEA0 #AE4957

analogous

#49AE6D #49AEA0 #4989AE

triadic

#49AEA0 #A049AE #AEA049

tetradic

#49AEA0 #6D49AE #AE4957 #89AE49

square

#49AEA0 #6D49AE #AE4957 #89AE49

split-complementary

#49AEA0 #AE4989 #AE6D49

monochromatic

#255851 #378378 #49AEA0 #71C3B8 #9CD5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#49AEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#49AEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEA0

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEA0	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A5A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9799A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.096 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6bc',
    500: '#49aea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aea0;
$custom-light: #86c6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.683,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68749,
    "c": 0.09618,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEA0

secondary

#C29198

accent

#5768D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEA0

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

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