#49BDAF#49BDAF

#49BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDAF
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -35.79, -2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 35.89, 184.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.1055 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.106 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6796, 40.9038, 46.9329)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDAF #BD4957

analogous

#49BD75 #49BDAF #4991BD

triadic

#49BDAF #AF49BD #BDAF49

tetradic

#49BDAF #7549BD #BD4957 #91BD49

square

#49BDAF #7549BD #BD4957 #91BD49

split-complementary

#49BDAF #BD4991 #BD7549

monochromatic

#25665F #359388 #49BDAF #76CDC3 #A3DED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#49BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDAF

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDAF	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c6',
    500: '#49bdaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdaf;
$custom-light: #88d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.759,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72919,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDAF

secondary

#CA979E

accent

#5161D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDAF

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

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