#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
RGBrgb(73, 190, 169)
HSLhsl(169, 47%, 52%)
HSVhsv(169, 62%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(61.6%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.25, -37.81, 0.88)
CIE-LCHlch(70.25, 37.82, 178.67°)
OKLaboklab(72.98% -0.1093 0.0017)
OKLCHoklch(72.98% 0.109 179.1)
XYZxyz(28.3192, 41.1050, 43.9700)
Luminance0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##49BEA91.002.289.229.22
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2221.001.001.00
##0000009.2221.001.001.00

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

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#49BEA9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva