#49B0AD#49B0AD

#49B0AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.095 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0AD
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 173)
HSL	hsl(178, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 1.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -30.18, -7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 31.08, 193.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0924 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.095 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8125, 35.4816, 45.0154)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0AD #B0494C

analogous

#49B07A #49B0AD #4980B0

triadic

#49B0AD #AD49B0 #B0AD49

tetradic

#49B0AD #7A49B0 #B0494C #80B049

square

#49B0AD #7A49B0 #B0494C #80B049

split-complementary

#49B0AD #B04980 #B07A49

monochromatic

#255958 #378582 #49B0AD #72C4C2 #9DD6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#49B0AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#49B0AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0AD

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0AD	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.095 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c8c5',
    500: '#49b0ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0ad;
$custom-light: #87c8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.252,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69669,
    "c": 0.09467,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0AD

secondary

#C39293

accent

#575AD1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0AD

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

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