#49BCA8#49BCA8

#49BCA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCA8
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -37.16, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 37.16, 179.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1076 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.108 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7955, 40.2072, 43.3341)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCA8 #BC495D

analogous

#49BC6E #49BCA8 #4996BC

triadic

#49BCA8 #A849BC #BCA849

tetradic

#49BCA8 #6E49BC #BC495D #96BC49

square

#49BCA8 #6E49BC #BC495D #96BC49

split-complementary

#49BCA8 #BC4996 #BC6E49

monochromatic

#25655A #369282 #49BCA8 #76CCBD #A2DDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49BCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#49BCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCA8

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCA8	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c1',
    500: '#49bca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bca8;
$custom-light: #88d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.565,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72456,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCA8

secondary

#CA97A0

accent

#5269D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCA8

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

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