#49B2AD#49B2AD

#49B2AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.096 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2AD
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 2.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -31.15, -6.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 31.82, 191.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0946 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.096 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2076, 36.2717, 45.1470)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2AD #B2494E

analogous

#49B279 #49B2AD #4983B2

triadic

#49B2AD #AD49B2 #B2AD49

tetradic

#49B2AD #7949B2 #B2494E #83B249

square

#49B2AD #7949B2 #B2494E #83B249

split-complementary

#49B2AD #B24983 #B27949

monochromatic

#255B59 #378783 #49B2AD #73C5C2 #9ED7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#49B2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#49B2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2AD

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2AD	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.096 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9c5',
    500: '#49b2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2ad;
$custom-light: #87c9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70158,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2AD

secondary

#C49395

accent

#565CD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2AD

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

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