#49BAAB#49BAAB

#49BAAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.104 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAAB
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -35.46, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 35.51, 183.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.1041 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.104 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6539, 39.4717, 44.6816)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAAB #BA4958

analogous

#49BA72 #49BAAB #4991BA

triadic

#49BAAB #AB49BA #BAAB49

tetradic

#49BAAB #7249BA #BA4958 #91BA49

square

#49BAAB #7249BA #BA4958 #91BA49

split-complementary

#49BAAB #BA4991 #BA7249

monochromatic

#26635B #368F84 #49BAAB #75CBBF #A2DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#49BAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#49BAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAAB

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAAB	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49baab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.104 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfc3',
    500: '#49baab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49baab;
$custom-light: #88cfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49baab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.035,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72056,
    "c": 0.10425,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAAB

secondary

#C8969D

accent

#5364D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAAB

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

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