#49B1AB#49B1AB

#49B1AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.096 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B1AB
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 171)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -31.21, -5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 31.77, 190.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0944 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.096 190)
XYZ	xyz(25.8173, 35.7984, 44.0694)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B1AB #B1494F

analogous

#49B177 #49B1AB #4983B1

triadic

#49B1AB #AB49B1 #B1AB49

tetradic

#49B1AB #7749B1 #B1494F #83B149

square

#49B1AB #7749B1 #B1494F #83B149

split-complementary

#49B1AB #B14983 #B17749

monochromatic

#255A57 #378681 #49B1AB #72C5C0 #9ED7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49B1AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#49B1AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B1AB

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B1AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B1AB	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A8AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b1ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.096 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c8c4',
    500: '#49b1ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b1ab;
$custom-light: #87c8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b1ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.538,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69846,
    "c": 0.09582,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.35801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B1AB

secondary

#C39295

accent

#565DD1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B1AB

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

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