#49BCAA#49BCAA

#49BCAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCAA
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 170)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -36.64, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 36.65, 180.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1067 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.107 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9832, 40.2823, 44.3229)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCAA #BC495B

analogous

#49BC70 #49BCAA #4994BC

triadic

#49BCAA #AA49BC #BCAA49

tetradic

#49BCAA #7049BC #BC495B #94BC49

square

#49BCAA #7049BC #BC495B #94BC49

split-complementary

#49BCAA #BC4994 #BC7049

monochromatic

#25655B #369284 #49BCAA #76CCBF #A2DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49BCAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#49BCAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCAA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCAA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c3',
    500: '#49bcaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcaa;
$custom-light: #88d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.609,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72517,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCAA

secondary

#CA979F

accent

#5267D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCAA

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

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