#49BCA5#49BCA5

#49BCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCA5
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -37.92, 2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 37.98, 176.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.109 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.109 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5192, 40.0967, 41.8792)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCA5 #BC4960

analogous

#49BC6B #49BCA5 #4999BC

triadic

#49BCA5 #A549BC #BCA549

tetradic

#49BCA5 #6B49BC #BC4960 #99BC49

square

#49BCA5 #6B49BC #BC4960 #99BC49

split-complementary

#49BCA5 #BC4999 #BC6B49

monochromatic

#256559 #369280 #49BCA5 #76CCBB #A2DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49BCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#49BCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCA5

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCA5	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1bf',
    500: '#49bca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bca5;
$custom-light: #88d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72367,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCA5

secondary

#CA97A1

accent

#526CD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCA5

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

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