#49C2B5#49C2B5

#49C2B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.109 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C2B5
RGB	rgb(73, 194, 181)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 6.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -36.51, -3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 36.68, 185.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.1081 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.109 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3761, 43.3330, 50.4703)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C2B5 #C24956

analogous

#49C279 #49C2B5 #4992C2

triadic

#49C2B5 #B549C2 #C2B549

tetradic

#49C2B5 #7949C2 #C24956 #92C249

square

#49C2B5 #7949C2 #C24956 #92C249

split-complementary

#49C2B5 #C24992 #C27949

monochromatic

#246C65 #349A8F #49C2B5 #77D1C8 #A5E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#49C2B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#49C2B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C2B5

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C2B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C2B5	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c2b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 194, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.109 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5cb',
    500: '#49c2b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c2b5;
$custom-light: #89d5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c2b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.554,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74331,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C2B5

secondary

#CE999F

accent

#4E5DD9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C2B5

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

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