#49B3A2#49B3A2

#49B3A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.101 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3A2
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 162)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 9.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -34.55, -0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 34.55, 180.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.1006 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.101 181)
XYZ	xyz(25.3864, 36.2627, 39.8370)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3A2 #B3495A

analogous

#49B36D #49B3A2 #498FB3

triadic

#49B3A2 #A249B3 #B3A249

tetradic

#49B3A2 #6D49B3 #B3495A #8FB349

square

#49B3A2 #6D49B3 #B3495A #8FB349

split-complementary

#49B3A2 #B3498F #B36D49

monochromatic

#265C53 #37887B #49B3A2 #73C6B9 #9FD8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#49B3A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#49B3A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3A2

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3A2	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.101 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cabd',
    500: '#49b3a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3a2;
$custom-light: #87cabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.377,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7005,
    "c": 0.10063,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.36265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3A2

secondary

#C4939B

accent

#566AD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3A2

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

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