#49BBAF#49BBAF

#49BBAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.104 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBAF
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -34.87, -3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 35.04, 185.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.1034 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.104 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2523, 40.0493, 46.7905)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBAF #BB4955

analogous

#49BB76 #49BBAF #498EBB

triadic

#49BBAF #AF49BB #BBAF49

tetradic

#49BBAF #7649BB #BB4955 #8EBB49

square

#49BBAF #7649BB #BB4955 #8EBB49

split-complementary

#49BBAF #BB498E #BB7649

monochromatic

#25645E #369187 #49BBAF #76CCC3 #A2DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49BBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#49BBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBAF

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBAF	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.104 185.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72428,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBAF

secondary

#C9979C

accent

#5360D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBAF

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

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