#49B2AE#49B2AE

#49B2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.096 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2AE
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -30.87, -7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 31.66, 192.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0941 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.096 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3047, 36.3105, 45.6586)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2AE #B2494D

analogous

#49B27A #49B2AE #4982B2

triadic

#49B2AE #AE49B2 #B2AE49

tetradic

#49B2AE #7A49B2 #B2494D #82B249

square

#49B2AE #7A49B2 #B2494D #82B249

split-complementary

#49B2AE #B24982 #B27A49

monochromatic

#255B59 #378784 #49B2AE #73C5C2 #9ED7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#49B2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#49B2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2AE

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2AE	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.096 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9c6',
    500: '#49b2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2ae;
$custom-light: #87c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.714,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70192,
    "c": 0.09614,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2AE

secondary

#C49395

accent

#565BD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2AE

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

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