#49B5AC#49B5AC

#49B5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.099 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5AC
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -32.85, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 33.18, 188.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0983 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.099 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7146, 37.4400, 44.8405)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5AC #B54952

analogous

#49B576 #49B5AC #4988B5

triadic

#49B5AC #AC49B5 #B5AC49

tetradic

#49B5AC #7649B5 #B54952 #88B549

square

#49B5AC #7649B5 #B54952 #88B549

split-complementary

#49B5AC #B54988 #B57649

monochromatic

#265E59 #378983 #49B5AC #74C7C0 #A0D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#49B5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#49B5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5AC

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5AC	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.099 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbc4',
    500: '#49b5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5ac;
$custom-light: #87cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7086,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5AC

secondary

#C59499

accent

#5560D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5AC

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

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