#49B2AB#49B2AB

#49B2AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.097 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2AB
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 171)
HSL	hsl(176, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -31.69, -5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 32.16, 189.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0955 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.097 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0155, 36.1949, 44.1355)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2AB #B24950

analogous

#49B277 #49B2AB #4985B2

triadic

#49B2AB #AB49B2 #B2AB49

tetradic

#49B2AB #7749B2 #B24950 #85B249

square

#49B2AB #7749B2 #B24950 #85B249

split-complementary

#49B2AB #B24985 #B27749

monochromatic

#255B58 #378781 #49B2AB #73C5C0 #9ED7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#49B2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#49B2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2AB

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2AB	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.097 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9c4',
    500: '#49b2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2ab;
$custom-light: #87c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70092,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2AB

secondary

#C49396

accent

#565ED2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2AB

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

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