#49BBA2#49BBA2

#49BBA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBA2
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 162)
HSL	hsl(167, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 13.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -38.22, 3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 38.35, 175.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.1093 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.11 176)
XYZ	xyz(27.0365, 39.5630, 40.3870)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBA2 #BB4962

analogous

#49BB69 #49BBA2 #499BBB

triadic

#49BBA2 #A249BB #BBA249

tetradic

#49BBA2 #6949BB #BB4962 #9BBB49

square

#49BBA2 #6949BB #BB4962 #9BBB49

split-complementary

#49BBA2 #BB499B #BB6949

monochromatic

#256456 #36917D #49BBA2 #76CCB9 #A2DCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#49BBA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#49BBA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBA2

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBA2	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)

#B4B0A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0bd',
    500: '#49bba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bba2;
$custom-light: #88d0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.842,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72031,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.39566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBA2

secondary

#C997A2

accent

#536FD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBA2

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

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