#49B3AD#49B3AD

#49B3AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.097 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3AD
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 3.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -31.62, -6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 32.20, 190.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0957 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.097 190)
XYZ	xyz(26.4073, 36.6711, 45.2136)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3AD #B3494F

analogous

#49B378 #49B3AD #4984B3

triadic

#49B3AD #AD49B3 #B3AD49

tetradic

#49B3AD #7849B3 #B3494F #84B349

square

#49B3AD #7849B3 #B3494F #84B349

split-complementary

#49B3AD #B34984 #B37849

monochromatic

#265C59 #378883 #49B3AD #73C6C1 #9FD8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#49B3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#49B3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3AD

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3AD	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)

#A9AAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.097 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cac5',
    500: '#49b3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3ad;
$custom-light: #87cac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.604,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70403,
    "c": 0.09714,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.36674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3AD

secondary

#C49396

accent

#565DD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3AD

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

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