#49AFAB#49AFAB

#49AFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.094 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFAB
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 171)
HSL	hsl(178, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -30.25, -6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 31.01, 192.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0922 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.094 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4251, 35.0141, 43.9387)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFAB #AF494D

analogous

#49AF78 #49AFAB #4980AF

triadic

#49AFAB #AB49AF #AFAB49

tetradic

#49AFAB #7849AF #AF494D #80AF49

square

#49AFAB #7849AF #AF494D #80AF49

split-complementary

#49AFAB #AF4980 #AF7849

monochromatic

#255957 #378481 #49AFAB #71C4C1 #9CD6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#49AFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#49AFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFAB

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFAB	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.094 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c7c4',
    500: '#49afab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afab;
$custom-light: #87c7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.647,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69356,
    "c": 0.09414,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFAB

secondary

#C29193

accent

#575CD1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFAB

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

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