#49BEAF#49BEAF

#49BEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.107 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEAF
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -36.26, -2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 36.32, 183.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.1065 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.107 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8954, 41.3355, 47.0049)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEAF #BE4958

analogous

#49BE75 #49BEAF #4993BE

triadic

#49BEAF #AF49BE #BEAF49

tetradic

#49BEAF #7549BE #BE4958 #93BE49

square

#49BEAF #7549BE #BE4958 #93BE49

split-complementary

#49BEAF #BE4993 #BE7549

monochromatic

#25685F #359588 #49BEAF #76CEC3 #A3DED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#49BEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#49BEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEAF

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEAF	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49beaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.107 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2c6',
    500: '#49beaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49beaf;
$custom-light: #89d2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49beaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.308,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73164,
    "c": 0.10674,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEAF

secondary

#CB989E

accent

#5162D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEAF

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

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