#49B2A2#49B2A2

#49B2A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.100 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2A2
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 162)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -34.08, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 34.09, 181.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0995 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.1 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1867, 35.8633, 39.7704)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2A2 #B24959

analogous

#49B26E #49B2A2 #498EB2

triadic

#49B2A2 #A249B2 #B2A249

tetradic

#49B2A2 #6E49B2 #B24959 #8EB249

square

#49B2A2 #6E49B2 #B24959 #8EB249

split-complementary

#49B2A2 #B2498E #B26E49

monochromatic

#255B53 #37877B #49B2A2 #73C5B9 #9ED7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49B2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#49B2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2A2

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2A2	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.100 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9bd',
    500: '#49b2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2a2;
$custom-light: #86c9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.857,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69802,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2A2

secondary

#C4939A

accent

#5669D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2A2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →