#49BAAF#49BAAF

#49BAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.103 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAAF
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -34.40, -3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 34.62, 186.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.1023 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.103 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0409, 39.6265, 46.7200)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAAF #BA4954

analogous

#49BA76 #49BAAF #498CBA

triadic

#49BAAF #AF49BA #BAAF49

tetradic

#49BAAF #7649BA #BA4954 #8CBA49

square

#49BAAF #7649BA #BA4954 #8CBA49

split-complementary

#49BAAF #BA498C #BA7649

monochromatic

#26635D #368F87 #49BAAF #75CBC3 #A2DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#49BAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#49BAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAAF

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAAF	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49baaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.103 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfc6',
    500: '#49baaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49baaf;
$custom-light: #88cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49baaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.159,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72183,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAAF

secondary

#C8969B

accent

#5360D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAAF

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

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