#49AF9D#49AF9D

#49AF9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.099 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AF9D
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 157)
HSL	hsl(169, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 0%, 10.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -33.97, 0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 33.98, 179.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0985 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.099 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1607, 34.5083, 37.2793)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AF9D #AF495B

analogous

#49AF6A #49AF9D #498EAF

triadic

#49AF9D #9D49AF #AF9D49

tetradic

#49AF9D #6A49AF #AF495B #8EAF49

square

#49AF9D #6A49AF #AF495B #8EAF49

split-complementary

#49AF9D #AF498E #AF6A49

monochromatic

#255950 #378476 #49AF9D #71C4B5 #9CD6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#49AF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#49AF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AF9D

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AF9D	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49af9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.099 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7b9',
    500: '#49af9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49af9d;
$custom-light: #86c7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49af9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68904,
    "c": 0.09852,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AF9D

secondary

#C2919A

accent

#576CD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AF9D

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

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