#49B8AF#49B8AF

#49B8AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8AF
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -33.46, -4.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 33.81, 188.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1002 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.101 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6226, 38.7897, 46.5806)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8AF #B84952

analogous

#49B877 #49B8AF #4989B8

triadic

#49B8AF #AF49B8 #B8AF49

tetradic

#49B8AF #7749B8 #B84952 #89B849

square

#49B8AF #7749B8 #B84952 #89B849

split-complementary

#49B8AF #B84989 #B87749

monochromatic

#26615C #378D86 #49B8AF #75C9C2 #A1DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#49B8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#49B8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8AF

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8AF	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec6',
    500: '#49b8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8af;
$custom-light: #88cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.135,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71694,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8AF

secondary

#C7969A

accent

#545FD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8AF

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

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