#49B2AA#49B2AA

#49B2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.097 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2AA
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -31.96, -4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 32.35, 188.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0959 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.097 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9205, 36.1569, 43.6354)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2AA #B24951

analogous

#49B276 #49B2AA #4986B2

triadic

#49B2AA #AA49B2 #B2AA49

tetradic

#49B2AA #7649B2 #B24951 #86B249

square

#49B2AA #7649B2 #B24951 #86B249

split-complementary

#49B2AA #B24986 #B27649

monochromatic

#255B57 #378781 #49B2AA #73C5BF #9ED7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#49B2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#49B2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2AA

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2AA	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.097 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9c3',
    500: '#49b2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2aa;
$custom-light: #87c9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.429,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70059,
    "c": 0.09692,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2AA

secondary

#C49397

accent

#5660D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2AA

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

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