#49C3AA#49C3AA

#49C3AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C3AA
RGB	rgb(73, 195, 170)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 12.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -39.81, 2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 39.90, 176.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.1141 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.114 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5150, 43.3458, 44.8335)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C3AA #C34962

analogous

#49C36D #49C3AA #499FC3

triadic

#49C3AA #AA49C3 #C3AA49

tetradic

#49C3AA #6D49C3 #C34962 #9FC349

square

#49C3AA #6D49C3 #C34962 #9FC349

split-complementary

#49C3AA #C3499F #C36D49

monochromatic

#246E5E #339C86 #49C3AA #77D2BF #A5E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#49C3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#49C3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C3AA

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C3AA	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)

#BCB8A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 195, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6c3',
    500: '#49c3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c3aa;
$custom-light: #89d6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.705,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74241,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C3AA

secondary

#CE99A4

accent

#4E6BDA

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C3AA

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

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