#49B3AB#49B3AB

#49B3AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3AB
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 171)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 4.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -32.17, -5.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 32.56, 188.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0965 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.098 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2152, 36.5943, 44.2020)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3AB #B34951

analogous

#49B376 #49B3AB #4986B3

triadic

#49B3AB #AB49B3 #B3AB49

tetradic

#49B3AB #7649B3 #B34951 #86B349

square

#49B3AB #7649B3 #B34951 #86B349

split-complementary

#49B3AB #B34986 #B37649

monochromatic

#265C58 #378881 #49B3AB #73C6C0 #9FD8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#49B3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#49B3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3AB

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3AB	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cac4',
    500: '#49b3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3ab;
$custom-light: #87cac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.472,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70337,
    "c": 0.09758,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3AB

secondary

#C49397

accent

#565FD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3AB

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

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