#49B8AE#49B8AE

#49B8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8AE
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -33.73, -4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 34.00, 187.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1006 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.101 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5247, 38.7506, 46.0652)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8AE #B84953

analogous

#49B877 #49B8AE #498AB8

triadic

#49B8AE #AE49B8 #B8AE49

tetradic

#49B8AE #7749B8 #B84953 #8AB849

square

#49B8AE #7749B8 #B84953 #8AB849

split-complementary

#49B8AE #B8498A #B87749

monochromatic

#26615C #378D85 #49B8AE #75C9C2 #A1DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#49B8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#49B8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8AE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8AE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec6',
    500: '#49b8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8ae;
$custom-light: #88cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.595,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71661,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8AE

secondary

#C7969A

accent

#5460D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8AE

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

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