#49B4A2#49B4A2

#49B4A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.102 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4A2
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 162)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 10%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -35.02, 0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 35.02, 179.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.1017 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.102 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5875, 36.6650, 39.9040)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4A2 #B4495B

analogous

#49B46D #49B4A2 #4990B4

triadic

#49B4A2 #A249B4 #B4A249

tetradic

#49B4A2 #6D49B4 #B4495B #90B449

square

#49B4A2 #6D49B4 #B4495B #90B449

split-complementary

#49B4A2 #B44990 #B46D49

monochromatic

#265D54 #37887B #49B4A2 #74C7B9 #9FD8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#49B4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#49B4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4A2

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4A2	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAAA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.102 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbbd',
    500: '#49b4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4a2;
$custom-light: #87cbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.907,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70297,
    "c": 0.10171,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4A2

secondary

#C5949C

accent

#566BD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4A2

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

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