#49B3AA#49B3AA

#49B3AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3AA
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -32.44, -4.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 32.75, 187.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.097 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.098 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1202, 36.5563, 43.7019)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3AA #B34952

analogous

#49B375 #49B3AA #4987B3

triadic

#49B3AA #AA49B3 #B3AA49

tetradic

#49B3AA #7549B3 #B34952 #87B349

square

#49B3AA #7549B3 #B34952 #87B349

split-complementary

#49B3AA #B34987 #B37549

monochromatic

#265C57 #378881 #49B3AA #73C6BF #9FD8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49B3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#49B3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3AA

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3AA	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cac3',
    500: '#49b3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3aa;
$custom-light: #87cac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.906,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70304,
    "c": 0.09783,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3AA

secondary

#C49398

accent

#5660D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3AA

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

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