#49B8A8#49B8A8

#49B8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8A8
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -35.32, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 35.34, 182.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.1033 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.103 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9528, 38.5218, 43.0532)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8A8 #B84959

analogous

#49B870 #49B8A8 #4991B8

triadic

#49B8A8 #A849B8 #B8A849

tetradic

#49B8A8 #7049B8 #B84959 #91B849

square

#49B8A8 #7049B8 #B84959 #91B849

split-complementary

#49B8A8 #B84991 #B87049

monochromatic

#266158 #378D80 #49B8A8 #75C9BD #A1DAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#49B8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8A8

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8A8	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cec1',
    500: '#49b8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8a8;
$custom-light: #87cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.351,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71471,
    "c": 0.10338,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8A8

secondary

#C7969D

accent

#5467D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8A8

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

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