#49B0A7#49B0A7

#49B0A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.096 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0A7
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 167)
HSL	hsl(175, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 5.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -31.82, -4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 32.11, 187.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0951 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.096 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2450, 35.2546, 42.0261)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0A7 #B04952

analogous

#49B074 #49B0A7 #4986B0

triadic

#49B0A7 #A749B0 #B0A749

tetradic

#49B0A7 #7449B0 #B04952 #86B049

square

#49B0A7 #7449B0 #B04952 #86B049

split-complementary

#49B0A7 #B04986 #B07449

monochromatic

#255955 #37857E #49B0A7 #72C4BD #9DD6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#49B0A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#49B0A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0A7

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0A7	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.096 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c8c1',
    500: '#49b0a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0a7;
$custom-light: #86c8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.757,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69468,
    "c": 0.09586,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0A7

secondary

#C39296

accent

#5761D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0A7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →