#49B4AE#49B4AE

#49B4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.098 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4AE
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -31.83, -6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 32.41, 190.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0963 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.098 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7055, 37.1122, 45.7922)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4AE #B4494F

analogous

#49B479 #49B4AE #4984B4

triadic

#49B4AE #AE49B4 #B4AE49

tetradic

#49B4AE #7949B4 #B4494F #84B449

square

#49B4AE #7949B4 #B4494F #84B449

split-complementary

#49B4AE #B44984 #B47949

monochromatic

#265D5A #378884 #49B4AE #74C7C2 #9FD8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#49B4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#49B4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4AE

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4AE	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.098 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbc6',
    500: '#49b4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4ae;
$custom-light: #87cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.636,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70681,
    "c": 0.0978,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4AE

secondary

#C59497

accent

#565DD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4AE

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

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