#49AEA2#49AEA2

#49AEA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.095 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEA2
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 162)
HSL	hsl(173, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -32.20, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 32.31, 184.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0951 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.095 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4024, 34.2948, 39.5090)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEA2 #AE4955

analogous

#49AE6F #49AEA2 #4987AE

triadic

#49AEA2 #A249AE #AEA249

tetradic

#49AEA2 #6F49AE #AE4955 #87AE49

square

#49AEA2 #6F49AE #AE4955 #87AE49

split-complementary

#49AEA2 #AE4987 #AE6F49

monochromatic

#255852 #37837A #49AEA2 #71C3BA #9CD5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#49AEA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#49AEA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEA2

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEA2	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A5A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9699A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.095 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6bd',
    500: '#49aea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aea2;
$custom-light: #86c6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.871,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68813,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEA2

secondary

#C29197

accent

#5766D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEA2

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

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