#49B3AC#49B3AC

#49B3AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.097 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3AC
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 3.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -31.90, -5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 32.38, 189.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0961 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.097 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3109, 36.6325, 44.7059)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3AC #B34950

analogous

#49B377 #49B3AC #4985B3

triadic

#49B3AC #AC49B3 #B3AC49

tetradic

#49B3AC #7749B3 #B34950 #85B349

square

#49B3AC #7749B3 #B34950 #85B349

split-complementary

#49B3AC #B34985 #B37749

monochromatic

#265C58 #378882 #49B3AC #73C6C1 #9FD8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#49B3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#49B3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3AC

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3AC	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.097 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cac4',
    500: '#49b3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3ac;
$custom-light: #87cac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.038,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7037,
    "c": 0.09736,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3AC

secondary

#C49397

accent

#565ED2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3AC

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

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