#49B1AE#49B1AE

#49B1AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.095 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B1AE
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 174)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 1.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -30.39, -7.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 31.29, 193.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.093 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.095 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1065, 35.9141, 45.5925)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B1AE #B1494C

analogous

#49B17A #49B1AE #4980B1

triadic

#49B1AE #AE49B1 #B1AE49

tetradic

#49B1AE #7A49B1 #B1494C #80B149

square

#49B1AE #7A49B1 #B1494C #80B149

split-complementary

#49B1AE #B14980 #B17A49

monochromatic

#255A59 #378683 #49B1AE #72C5C3 #9ED7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49B1AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#49B1AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B1AE

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B1AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B1AE	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b1ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.095 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c8c6',
    500: '#49b1ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b1ae;
$custom-light: #87c8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b1ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.269,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69947,
    "c": 0.09533,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B1AE

secondary

#C39294

accent

#565AD1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B1AE

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

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