#49BFA9#49BFA9

#49BFA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.110 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFA9
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 169)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -38.27, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 38.29, 178.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.1103 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.11 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5365, 41.5396, 44.0425)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFA9 #BF495F

analogous

#49BF6E #49BFA9 #499ABF

triadic

#49BFA9 #A949BF #BFA949

tetradic

#49BFA9 #6E49BF #BF495F #9ABF49

square

#49BFA9 #6E49BF #BF495F #9ABF49

split-complementary

#49BFA9 #BF499A #BF6E49

monochromatic

#25695C #359684 #49BFA9 #76CFBE #A4DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49BFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#49BFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFA9

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFA9	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.110 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c2',
    500: '#49bfa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfa9;
$custom-light: #88d3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.814,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73226,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFA9

secondary

#CC98A2

accent

#5069D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFA9

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

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