#49B4AC#49B4AC

#49B4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.098 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4AC
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -32.37, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 32.77, 188.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0972 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.098 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5120, 37.0348, 44.7730)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4AC #B44951

analogous

#49B477 #49B4AC #4987B4

triadic

#49B4AC #AC49B4 #B4AC49

tetradic

#49B4AC #7749B4 #B44951 #87B449

square

#49B4AC #7749B4 #B44951 #87B449

split-complementary

#49B4AC #B44987 #B47749

monochromatic

#265D59 #378882 #49B4AC #74C7C0 #9FD8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49B4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#49B4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4AC

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4AC	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.098 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbc4',
    500: '#49b4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4ac;
$custom-light: #87cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.514,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70615,
    "c": 0.09824,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4AC

secondary

#C59498

accent

#565FD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4AC

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

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