#49AB9D#49AB9D

#49AB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.094 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AB9D
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 157)
HSL	hsl(171, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -32.09, -1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 32.12, 182.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0941 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.094 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3937, 32.9743, 37.0236)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AB9D #AB4957

analogous

#49AB6C #49AB9D #4988AB

triadic

#49AB9D #9D49AB #AB9D49

tetradic

#49AB9D #6C49AB #AB4957 #88AB49

square

#49AB9D #6C49AB #AB4957 #88AB49

split-complementary

#49AB9D #AB4988 #AB6C49

monochromatic

#24554E #378076 #49AB9D #6FC2B6 #9AD4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#49AB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#49AB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AB9D

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AB9D	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94979E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ab9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.094 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4b9',
    500: '#49ab9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ab9d;
$custom-light: #85c4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ab9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 40.164,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67911,
    "c": 0.09419,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AB9D

secondary

#C08F96

accent

#5869D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AB9D

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

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