#49BAAD#49BAAD

#49BAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.104 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAAD
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -34.93, -2.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 35.05, 184.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.1032 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.104 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8460, 39.5485, 45.6932)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAAD #BA4956

analogous

#49BA74 #49BAAD #498EBA

triadic

#49BAAD #AD49BA #BAAD49

tetradic

#49BAAD #7449BA #BA4956 #8EBA49

square

#49BAAD #7449BA #BA4956 #8EBA49

split-complementary

#49BAAD #BA498E #BA7449

monochromatic

#26635C #368F85 #49BAAD #75CBC1 #A2DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#49BAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#49BAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAAD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAAD	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49baad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.104 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfc5',
    500: '#49baad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49baad;
$custom-light: #88cfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49baad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.097,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7212,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAAD

secondary

#C8969C

accent

#5362D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAAD

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

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