#49BAB3#49BAB3

#49BAB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAB3
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -33.32, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 33.85, 190.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.1005 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.102 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4396, 39.7860, 48.8197)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAB3 #BA4950

analogous

#49BA7A #49BAB3 #4988BA

triadic

#49BAB3 #B349BA #BAB349

tetradic

#49BAB3 #7A49BA #BA4950 #88BA49

square

#49BAB3 #7A49BA #BA4950 #88BA49

split-complementary

#49BAB3 #BA4988 #BA7A49

monochromatic

#26635F #368F8A #49BAB3 #75CBC6 #A2DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#49BAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#49BAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAB3

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAB3	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfc9',
    500: '#49bab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bab3;
$custom-light: #88cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.283,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72314,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAB3

secondary

#C89699

accent

#535BD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAB3

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

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