#49BBAA#49BBAA

#49BBAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBAA
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 170)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 9.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -36.18, -0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 36.19, 181.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.1056 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.106 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7704, 39.8565, 44.2520)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBAA #BB495A

analogous

#49BB71 #49BBAA #4993BB

triadic

#49BBAA #AA49BB #BBAA49

tetradic

#49BBAA #7149BB #BB495A #93BB49

square

#49BBAA #7149BB #BB495A #93BB49

split-complementary

#49BBAA #BB4993 #BB7149

monochromatic

#25645B #369183 #49BBAA #76CCBF #A2DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#49BBAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#49BBAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBAA

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B3B1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c3',
    500: '#49bbaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbaa;
$custom-light: #88d0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.053,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72271,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBAA

secondary

#C9979E

accent

#5366D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBAA

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

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