#49BCA0#49BCA0

#49BCA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCA0
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -39.17, 4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 39.44, 173.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1113 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.112 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0730, 39.9182, 39.5291)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCA0 #BC4965

analogous

#49BC66 #49BCA0 #499EBC

triadic

#49BCA0 #A049BC #BCA049

tetradic

#49BCA0 #6649BC #BC4965 #9EBC49

square

#49BCA0 #6649BC #BC4965 #9EBC49

split-complementary

#49BCA0 #BC499E #BC6649

monochromatic

#256556 #36927C #49BCA0 #76CCB7 #A2DDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#49BCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#49BCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCA0

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCA0	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1bc',
    500: '#49bca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bca0;
$custom-light: #88d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.391,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72221,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCA0

secondary

#CA97A3

accent

#5272D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCA0

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

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