#49B4AA#49B4AA

#49B4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.099 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4AA
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(174, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -32.91, -4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 33.16, 187.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0981 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.099 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3214, 36.9586, 43.7690)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4AA #B44953

analogous

#49B475 #49B4AA #4988B4

triadic

#49B4AA #AA49B4 #B4AA49

tetradic

#49B4AA #7549B4 #B44953 #88B449

square

#49B4AA #7549B4 #B44953 #88B449

split-complementary

#49B4AA #B44988 #B47549

monochromatic

#265D58 #378881 #49B4AA #74C7BF #9FD8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49B4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#49B4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4AA

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4AA	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.099 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbc3',
    500: '#49b4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4aa;
$custom-light: #87cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.393,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7055,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4AA

secondary

#C59499

accent

#5661D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4AA

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

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