#49B8AA#49B8AA

#49B8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8AA
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 170)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -34.79, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 34.87, 183.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.1024 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.103 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1406, 38.5969, 44.0420)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8AA #B84957

analogous

#49B872 #49B8AA #498FB8

triadic

#49B8AA #AA49B8 #B8AA49

tetradic

#49B8AA #7249B8 #B84957 #8FB849

square

#49B8AA #7249B8 #B84957 #8FB849

split-complementary

#49B8AA #B8498F #B87249

monochromatic

#266159 #378D82 #49B8AA #75C9BF #A1DAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#49B8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8AA

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8AA	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec3',
    500: '#49b8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8aa;
$custom-light: #88cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.432,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71533,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8AA

secondary

#C7969C

accent

#5464D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8AA

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

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