#49C09C#49C09C

#49C09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.119 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C09C
RGB	rgb(73, 192, 156)
HSL	hsl(162, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 18.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -41.91, 8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 42.74, 168.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.1174 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.119 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5951, 41.5132, 38.0046)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C09C #C0496D

analogous

#49C061 #49C09C #49A8C0

triadic

#49C09C #9C49C0 #C09C49

tetradic

#49C09C #6149C0 #C0496D #A8C049

square

#49C09C #6149C0 #C0496D #A8C049

split-complementary

#49C09C #C049A8 #C06149

monochromatic

#256A55 #349779 #49C09C #76D0B5 #A4DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49C09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#49C09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C09C

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C09C	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)

#BBB49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 192, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.119 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d4b9',
    500: '#49c09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c09c;
$custom-light: #88d4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.849,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73104,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C09C

secondary

#CC98A8

accent

#5079D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C09C

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

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