#49BBAE#49BBAE

#49BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.104 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBAE
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -35.13, -3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 35.26, 184.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.1038 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.104 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1545, 40.0102, 46.2752)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBAE #BB4956

analogous

#49BB75 #49BBAE #498FBB

triadic

#49BBAE #AE49BB #BBAE49

tetradic

#49BBAE #7549BB #BB4956 #8FBB49

square

#49BBAE #7549BB #BB4956 #8FBB49

split-complementary

#49BBAE #BB498F #BB7549

monochromatic

#25645D #369186 #49BBAE #76CCC2 #A2DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#49BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBAE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBAE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.104 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c6',
    500: '#49bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbae;
$custom-light: #88d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.158,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72397,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBAE

secondary

#C9979C

accent

#5361D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBAE

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

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