#49B8A5#49B8A5

#49B8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8A5
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -36.09, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 36.09, 179.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.1047 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.105 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6766, 38.4113, 41.5983)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8A5 #B8495C

analogous

#49B86D #49B8A5 #4993B8

triadic

#49B8A5 #A549B8 #B8A549

tetradic

#49B8A5 #6D49B8 #B8495C #93B849

square

#49B8A5 #6D49B8 #B8495C #93B849

split-complementary

#49B8A5 #B84993 #B86D49

monochromatic

#266157 #378D7E #49B8A5 #75C9BB #A1DAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#49B8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#49B8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8A5

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8A5	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)

#B1AEA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cebf',
    500: '#49b8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8a5;
$custom-light: #87cebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.73,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71378,
    "c": 0.10467,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8A5

secondary

#C7969E

accent

#546AD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8A5

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

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