#49C1AB#49C1AB

#49C1AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.112 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C1AB
RGB	rgb(73, 193, 171)
HSL	hsl(169, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 0%, 11.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -38.66, 1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 38.68, 178.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.1115 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.112 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1649, 42.4936, 45.1852)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C1AB #C1495F

analogous

#49C16F #49C1AB #499BC1

triadic

#49C1AB #AB49C1 #C1AB49

tetradic

#49C1AB #6F49C1 #C1495F #9BC149

square

#49C1AB #6F49C1 #C1495F #9BC149

split-complementary

#49C1AB #C1499B #C16F49

monochromatic

#246B5E #349986 #49C1AB #77D1C0 #A4E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#49C1AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#49C1AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C1AB

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C1AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C1AB	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c1ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 193, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.112 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d4c4',
    500: '#49c1ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c1ab;
$custom-light: #89d4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c1ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73778,
    "c": 0.11157,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C1AB

secondary

#CD99A2

accent

#4F68D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C1AB

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

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