#49B0AF#49B0AF

#49B0AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.094 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0AF
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 175)
HSL	hsl(179, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -29.63, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 30.80, 195.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0915 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.094 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0075, 35.5596, 46.0422)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0AF #B0494A

analogous

#49B07C #49B0AF #497EB0

triadic

#49B0AF #AF49B0 #B0AF49

tetradic

#49B0AF #7C49B0 #B0494A #7EB049

square

#49B0AF #7C49B0 #B0494A #7EB049

split-complementary

#49B0AF #B0497E #B07C49

monochromatic

#255959 #378584 #49B0AF #72C4C4 #9DD6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#49B0AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#49B0AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0AF

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0AF	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.094 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c8c6',
    500: '#49b0af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0af;
$custom-light: #87c8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.417,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69737,
    "c": 0.09446,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0AF

secondary

#C39292

accent

#5758D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0AF

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

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