#49BAB4#49BAB4

#49BAB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAB4
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -33.05, -6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 33.68, 191.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.1001 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.102 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5411, 39.8266, 49.3543)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAB4 #BA494F

analogous

#49BA7B #49BAB4 #4987BA

triadic

#49BAB4 #B449BA #BAB449

tetradic

#49BAB4 #7B49BA #BA494F #87BA49

square

#49BAB4 #7B49BA #BA494F #87BA49

split-complementary

#49BAB4 #BA4987 #BA7B49

monochromatic

#266360 #368F8B #49BAB4 #75CBC6 #A2DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#49BAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#49BAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAB4

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAB4	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfca',
    500: '#49bab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bab4;
$custom-light: #88cfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.814,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72347,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAB4

secondary

#C89699

accent

#535AD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAB4

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

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