#49AB8F#49AB8F

#49AB8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.102 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AB8F
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 143)
HSL	hsl(163, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 16.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -35.62, 5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 36.10, 170.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.1006 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.102 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2662, 32.5233, 31.0855)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AB8F #AB4965

analogous

#49AB5E #49AB8F #4996AB

triadic

#49AB8F #8F49AB #AB8F49

tetradic

#49AB8F #5E49AB #AB4965 #96AB49

square

#49AB8F #5E49AB #AB4965 #96AB49

split-complementary

#49AB8F #AB4996 #AB5E49

monochromatic

#245547 #37806B #49AB8F #6FC2AA #9AD4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#49AB8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#49AB8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AB8F

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AB8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AB8F	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A18E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ab8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.102 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4af',
    500: '#49ab8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ab8f;
$custom-light: #85c4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ab8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 40.164,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67491,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AB8F

secondary

#C08F9D

accent

#587AD0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AB8F

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

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