#49B2A3#49B2A3

#49B2A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.099 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2A3
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 163)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 8.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -33.82, -1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 33.85, 182.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0991 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.099 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2759, 35.8990, 40.2404)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2A3 #B24958

analogous

#49B26F #49B2A3 #498DB2

triadic

#49B2A3 #A349B2 #B2A349

tetradic

#49B2A3 #6F49B2 #B24958 #8DB249

square

#49B2A3 #6F49B2 #B24958 #8DB249

split-complementary

#49B2A3 #B2498D #B26F49

monochromatic

#255B54 #37877B #49B2A3 #73C5BA #9ED7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49B2A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#49B2A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2A3

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2A3	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.099 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9be',
    500: '#49b2a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2a3;
$custom-light: #86c9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69834,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2A3

secondary

#C4939A

accent

#5668D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2A3

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

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