#49BDAB#49BDAB

#49BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDAB
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -36.84, -0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 36.85, 180.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.1073 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.107 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2925, 40.7490, 44.8945)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDAB #BD495B

analogous

#49BD71 #49BDAB #4995BD

triadic

#49BDAB #AB49BD #BDAB49

tetradic

#49BDAB #7149BD #BD495B #95BD49

square

#49BDAB #7149BD #BD495B #95BD49

split-complementary

#49BDAB #BD4995 #BD7149

monochromatic

#25665C #359385 #49BDAB #76CDC0 #A3DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#49BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDAB

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDAB	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c4',
    500: '#49bdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdab;
$custom-light: #88d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.69,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72794,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDAB

secondary

#CA979F

accent

#5166D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDAB

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

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