#49BAAC#49BAAC

#49BAAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.104 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAAC
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 7.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -35.19, -2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 35.28, 183.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.1036 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.104 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7496, 39.5099, 45.1855)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAAC #BA4957

analogous

#49BA73 #49BAAC #4990BA

triadic

#49BAAC #AC49BA #BAAC49

tetradic

#49BAAC #7349BA #BA4957 #90BA49

square

#49BAAC #7349BA #BA4957 #90BA49

split-complementary

#49BAAC #BA4990 #BA7349

monochromatic

#26635B #368F84 #49BAAC #75CBC0 #A2DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#49BAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#49BAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAAC

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAAC	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)

#B2B0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49baac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.104 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfc4',
    500: '#49baac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49baac;
$custom-light: #88cfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49baac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.566,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72088,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAAC

secondary

#C8969D

accent

#5363D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAAC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →