#49BCA7#49BCA7

#49BCA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.108 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCA7
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 167)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 11.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -37.41, 1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 37.43, 178.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.108 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.108 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7027, 40.1700, 42.8454)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCA7 #BC495E

analogous

#49BC6D #49BCA7 #4998BC

triadic

#49BCA7 #A749BC #BCA749

tetradic

#49BCA7 #6D49BC #BC495E #98BC49

square

#49BCA7 #6D49BC #BC495E #98BC49

split-complementary

#49BCA7 #BC4998 #BC6D49

monochromatic

#25655A #369281 #49BCA7 #76CCBD #A2DDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49BCA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#49BCA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCA7

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCA7	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.108 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c1',
    500: '#49bca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bca7;
$custom-light: #88d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.043,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72426,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCA7

secondary

#CA97A0

accent

#526AD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCA7

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

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