#49B8A2#49B8A2

#49B8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8A2
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -36.86, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 36.90, 177.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.106 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.106 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4067, 38.3034, 40.1771)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8A2 #B8495F

analogous

#49B86A #49B8A2 #4997B8

triadic

#49B8A2 #A249B8 #B8A249

tetradic

#49B8A2 #6A49B8 #B8495F #97B849

square

#49B8A2 #6A49B8 #B8495F #97B849

split-complementary

#49B8A2 #B84997 #B86A49

monochromatic

#266155 #378D7C #49B8A2 #75C9B8 #A1DACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#49B8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#49B8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8A2

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8A2	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1ADA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cebd',
    500: '#49b8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8a2;
$custom-light: #87cebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.108,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71288,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8A2

secondary

#C7969F

accent

#546DD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8A2

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

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