#49BCA3#49BCA3

#49BCA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCA3
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 163)
HSL	hsl(167, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -38.43, 3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 38.55, 175.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.1099 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.11 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3386, 40.0244, 40.9280)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCA3 #BC4962

analogous

#49BC69 #49BCA3 #499BBC

triadic

#49BCA3 #A349BC #BCA349

tetradic

#49BCA3 #6949BC #BC4962 #9BBC49

square

#49BCA3 #6949BC #BC4962 #9BBC49

split-complementary

#49BCA3 #BC499B #BC6949

monochromatic

#256557 #36927E #49BCA3 #76CCBA #A2DDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49BCA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#49BCA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCA3

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCA3	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1be',
    500: '#49bca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bca3;
$custom-light: #88d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.957,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72308,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCA3

secondary

#CA97A2

accent

#526FD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCA3

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

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