#49ABAE#49ABAE

#49ABAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.091 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABAE
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 174)
HSL	hsl(182, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -27.45, -10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 29.28, 200.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0865 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.091 198)
XYZ	xyz(24.9473, 33.5958, 45.2061)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABAE #AE4C49

analogous

#49AE7E #49ABAE #4978AE

triadic

#49ABAE #AE49AB #ABAE49

tetradic

#49ABAE #7E49AE #AE4C49 #78AE49

square

#49ABAE #7E49AE #AE4C49 #78AE49

split-complementary

#49ABAE #AE4978 #AE7E49

monochromatic

#255658 #378183 #49ABAE #71C1C3 #9CD4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#49ABAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#49ABAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABAE

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABAE	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.091 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4c6',
    500: '#49abae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abae;
$custom-light: #86c4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.782,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68482,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.33598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABAE

secondary

#C29291

accent

#5B57D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABAE

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

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