#49B2A4#49B2A4

#49B2A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.099 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2A4
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 164)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 7.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -33.56, -1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 33.61, 183.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0986 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.099 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3659, 35.9350, 40.7141)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2A4 #B24957

analogous

#49B270 #49B2A4 #498CB2

triadic

#49B2A4 #A449B2 #B2A449

tetradic

#49B2A4 #7049B2 #B24957 #8CB249

square

#49B2A4 #7049B2 #B24957 #8CB249

split-complementary

#49B2A4 #B2498C #B27049

monochromatic

#255B54 #37877C #49B2A4 #73C5BA #9ED7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#49B2A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#49B2A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2A4

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2A4	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.099 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9be',
    500: '#49b2a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2a4;
$custom-light: #86c9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69865,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2A4

secondary

#C49399

accent

#5667D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2A4

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

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