#49B49A#49B49A

#49B49A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.106 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B49A
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 154)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 14.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -37.04, 4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 37.27, 173.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.1054 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.106 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8989, 36.3896, 36.2773)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B49A #B44963

analogous

#49B465 #49B49A #4998B4

triadic

#49B49A #9A49B4 #B49A49

tetradic

#49B49A #6549B4 #B44963 #98B449

square

#49B49A #6549B4 #B44963 #98B449

split-complementary

#49B49A #B44998 #B46549

monochromatic

#265D4F #378875 #49B49A #74C7B2 #9FD8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#49B49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#49B49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B49A

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B49A	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.106 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbb7',
    500: '#49b49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b49a;
$custom-light: #86cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.421,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70059,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B49A

secondary

#C594A0

accent

#5674D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B49A

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

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