#49B8A0#49B8A0

#49B8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.107 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8A0
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(167, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -37.37, 2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 37.47, 175.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.107 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.107 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2303, 38.2328, 39.2482)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8A0 #B84961

analogous

#49B868 #49B8A0 #4998B8

triadic

#49B8A0 #A049B8 #B8A049

tetradic

#49B8A0 #6849B8 #B84961 #98B849

square

#49B8A0 #6849B8 #B84961 #98B849

split-complementary

#49B8A0 #B84998 #B86849

monochromatic

#266154 #378D7A #49B8A0 #75C9B7 #A1DACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#49B8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#49B8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8A0

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8A0	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.107 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cebc',
    500: '#49b8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8a0;
$custom-light: #87cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.027,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71228,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8A0

secondary

#C796A0

accent

#5470D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8A0

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

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