#49BCA9#49BCA9

#49BCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCA9
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -36.90, -0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 36.90, 180.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1071 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.107 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8890, 40.2446, 43.8266)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCA9 #BC495C

analogous

#49BC6F #49BCA9 #4995BC

triadic

#49BCA9 #A949BC #BCA949

tetradic

#49BCA9 #6F49BC #BC495C #95BC49

square

#49BCA9 #6F49BC #BC495C #95BC49

split-complementary

#49BCA9 #BC4995 #BC6F49

monochromatic

#25655B #369283 #49BCA9 #76CCBE #A2DDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49BCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#49BCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCA9

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCA9	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c2',
    500: '#49bca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bca9;
$custom-light: #88d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.087,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72487,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCA9

secondary

#CA979F

accent

#5268D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCA9

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

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