#49BBAB#49BBAB

#49BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.105 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBAB
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -35.92, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 35.95, 182.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1052 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.105 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8653, 39.8945, 44.7521)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBAB #BB4959

analogous

#49BB72 #49BBAB #4992BB

triadic

#49BBAB #AB49BB #BBAB49

tetradic

#49BBAB #7249BB #BB4959 #92BB49

square

#49BBAB #7249BB #BB4959 #92BB49

split-complementary

#49BBAB #BB4992 #BB7249

monochromatic

#25645B #369184 #49BBAB #76CCC0 #A2DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#49BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#49BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBAB

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBAB	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.105 182.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.579,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72302,
    "c": 0.10526,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBAB

secondary

#C9979E

accent

#5365D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBAB

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

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