#49BFA8#49BFA8

#49BFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFA8
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 168)
HSL	hsl(168, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -38.52, 1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 38.56, 177.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.1108 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.111 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4430, 41.5022, 43.5500)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFA8 #BF4960

analogous

#49BF6D #49BFA8 #499BBF

triadic

#49BFA8 #A849BF #BFA849

tetradic

#49BFA8 #6D49BF #BF4960 #9BBF49

square

#49BFA8 #6D49BF #BF4960 #9BBF49

split-complementary

#49BFA8 #BF499B #BF6D49

monochromatic

#25695C #359683 #49BFA8 #76CFBE #A4DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49BFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#49BFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFA8

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFA8	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c1',
    500: '#49bfa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfa8;
$custom-light: #88d3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.305,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73196,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFA8

secondary

#CC98A2

accent

#506BD8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFA8

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

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