#49BCA2#49BCA2

#49BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCA2
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(166, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -38.68, 3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 38.84, 174.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1103 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.111 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2494, 39.9887, 40.4579)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCA2 #BC4963

analogous

#49BC68 #49BCA2 #499CBC

triadic

#49BCA2 #A249BC #BCA249

tetradic

#49BCA2 #6849BC #BC4963 #9CBC49

square

#49BCA2 #6849BC #BC4963 #9CBC49

split-complementary

#49BCA2 #BC499C #BC6849

monochromatic

#256557 #36927D #49BCA2 #76CCB9 #A2DDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#49BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCA2

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCA2	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1bd',
    500: '#49bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bca2;
$custom-light: #88d1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.435,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72279,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCA2

secondary

#CA97A2

accent

#5270D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCA2

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

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