#49AFAD#49AFAD

#49AFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.094 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFAD
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -29.70, -7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 30.72, 194.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0913 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.094 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6172, 35.0909, 44.9503)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFAD #AF494B

analogous

#49AF7A #49AFAD #497EAF

triadic

#49AFAD #AD49AF #AFAD49

tetradic

#49AFAD #7A49AF #AF494B #7EAF49

square

#49AFAD #7A49AF #AF494B #7EAF49

split-complementary

#49AFAD #AF497E #AF7A49

monochromatic

#255958 #378482 #49AFAD #71C4C2 #9CD6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#49AFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#49AFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFAD

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFAD	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.094 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c7c5',
    500: '#49afad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afad;
$custom-light: #87c7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.824,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69424,
    "c": 0.09389,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFAD

secondary

#C29192

accent

#5759D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFAD

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

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