#49AFB3#49AFB3

#49AFB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.094 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFB3
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 179)
HSL	hsl(182, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 2.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -28.01, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 30.06, 201.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0887 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.094 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2108, 35.3284, 48.0768)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFB3 #B34D49

analogous

#49B382 #49AFB3 #497AB3

triadic

#49AFB3 #B349AF #AFB349

tetradic

#49AFB3 #8249B3 #B34D49 #7AB349

square

#49AFB3 #8249B3 #B34D49 #7AB349

split-complementary

#49AFB3 #B3497A #B38249

monochromatic

#265A5C #378588 #49AFB3 #73C3C6 #9FD6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#49AFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#49AFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFB3

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFB3	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A8B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939BB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.094 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c7c9',
    500: '#49afb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afb3;
$custom-light: #87c7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.264,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69634,
    "c": 0.09371,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFB3

secondary

#C49593

accent

#5B56D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFB3

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

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