#49BDAC#49BDAC

#49BDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDAC
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -36.58, -1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 36.60, 181.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.1068 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.107 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3882, 40.7872, 45.3984)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDAC #BD495A

analogous

#49BD72 #49BDAC #4994BD

triadic

#49BDAC #AC49BD #BDAC49

tetradic

#49BDAC #7249BD #BD495A #94BD49

square

#49BDAC #7249BD #BD495A #94BD49

split-complementary

#49BDAC #BD4994 #BD7249

monochromatic

#25665D #359386 #49BDAC #76CDC0 #A3DED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49BDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#49BDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDAC

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDAC	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 181.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.207,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72825,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDAC

secondary

#CA979F

accent

#5165D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDAC

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

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