#49C0AA#49C0AA

#49C0AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C0AA
RGB	rgb(73, 192, 170)
HSL	hsl(169, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 11.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -38.46, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 38.48, 178.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.1109 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.111 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8496, 42.0150, 44.6117)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C0AA #C0495F

analogous

#49C06F #49C0AA #499AC0

triadic

#49C0AA #AA49C0 #C0AA49

tetradic

#49C0AA #6F49C0 #C0495F #9AC049

square

#49C0AA #6F49C0 #C0495F #9AC049

split-complementary

#49C0AA #C0499A #C06F49

monochromatic

#256A5D #349785 #49C0AA #76D0BF #A4DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49C0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#49C0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C0AA

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C0AA	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 192, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3c3',
    500: '#49c0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c0aa;
$custom-light: #89d3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.908,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73502,
    "c": 0.11097,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C0AA

secondary

#CC98A2

accent

#5069D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C0AA

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

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