#49B8A4#49B8A4

#49B8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.105 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8A4
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 164)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 10.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -36.35, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 36.36, 178.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.1051 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.105 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5859, 38.3750, 41.1208)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8A4 #B8495D

analogous

#49B86C #49B8A4 #4995B8

triadic

#49B8A4 #A449B8 #B8A449

tetradic

#49B8A4 #6C49B8 #B8495D #95B849

square

#49B8A4 #6C49B8 #B8495D #95B849

split-complementary

#49B8A4 #B84995 #B86C49

monochromatic

#266156 #378D7D #49B8A4 #75C9BA #A1DAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#49B8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#49B8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8A4

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8A4	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.105 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cebe',
    500: '#49b8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8a4;
$custom-light: #87cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.189,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71348,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8A4

secondary

#C7969F

accent

#546BD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8A4

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

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