#49BCA4#49BCA4

#49BCA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCA4
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(167, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -38.17, 2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 38.26, 176.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.1094 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.11 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4286, 40.0604, 41.4017)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCA4 #BC4961

analogous

#49BC6A #49BCA4 #499ABC

triadic

#49BCA4 #A449BC #BCA449

tetradic

#49BCA4 #6A49BC #BC4961 #9ABC49

square

#49BCA4 #6A49BC #BC4961 #9ABC49

split-complementary

#49BCA4 #BC499A #BC6A49

monochromatic

#256558 #36927F #49BCA4 #76CCBA #A2DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49BCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#49BCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCA4

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCA4	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)

#B5B1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1be',
    500: '#49bca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bca4;
$custom-light: #88d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.478,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72337,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCA4

secondary

#CA97A2

accent

#526DD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCA4

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

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