#49BEA8#49BEA8

#49BEA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEA8
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 168)
HSL	hsl(169, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -38.07, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 38.09, 177.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.1097 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.11 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2257, 41.0676, 43.4775)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEA8 #BE495F

analogous

#49BE6E #49BEA8 #499ABE

triadic

#49BEA8 #A849BE #BEA849

tetradic

#49BEA8 #6E49BE #BE495F #9ABE49

square

#49BEA8 #6E49BE #BE495F #9ABE49

split-complementary

#49BEA8 #BE499A #BE6E49

monochromatic

#25685B #359583 #49BEA8 #76CEBE #A3DED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49BEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#49BEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEA8

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEA8	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2c1',
    500: '#49bea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bea8;
$custom-light: #88d2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.718,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7295,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEA8

secondary

#CB98A1

accent

#516AD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEA8

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

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