#49BEA9#49BEA9

#49BEA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.109 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEA9
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 169)
HSL	hsl(169, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -37.81, 0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 37.82, 178.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.1093 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.109 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3192, 41.1050, 43.9700)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEA9 #BE495E

analogous

#49BE6F #49BEA9 #4999BE

triadic

#49BEA9 #A949BE #BEA949

tetradic

#49BEA9 #6F49BE #BE495E #99BE49

square

#49BEA9 #6F49BE #BE495E #99BE49

split-complementary

#49BEA9 #BE4999 #BE6F49

monochromatic

#25685C #359584 #49BEA9 #76CEBE #A3DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49BEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#49BEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEA9

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEA9	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.109 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2c2',
    500: '#49bea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bea9;
$custom-light: #88d2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.231,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7298,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEA9

secondary

#CB98A1

accent

#5169D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEA9

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

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