#49B8A9#49B8A9

#49B8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8A9
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -35.05, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 35.10, 182.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.1028 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.103 183)
XYZ	xyz(27.0463, 38.5592, 43.5457)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8A9 #B84958

analogous

#49B871 #49B8A9 #498FB8

triadic

#49B8A9 #A949B8 #B8A949

tetradic

#49B8A9 #7149B8 #B84958 #8FB849

square

#49B8A9 #7149B8 #B84958 #8FB849

split-complementary

#49B8A9 #B8498F #B87149

monochromatic

#266159 #378D81 #49B8A9 #75C9BE #A1DAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#49B8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8A9

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8A9	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec2',
    500: '#49b8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8a9;
$custom-light: #88cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.892,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71502,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.38562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8A9

secondary

#C7969C

accent

#5465D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8A9

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

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