#49C3AC#49C3AC

#49C3AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.113 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C3AC
RGB	rgb(73, 195, 172)
HSL	hsl(169, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 11.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -39.31, 1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 39.34, 177.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.1132 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.113 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7056, 43.4221, 45.8375)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C3AC #C34960

analogous

#49C36F #49C3AC #499DC3

triadic

#49C3AC #AC49C3 #C3AC49

tetradic

#49C3AC #6F49C3 #C34960 #9DC349

square

#49C3AC #6F49C3 #C34960 #9DC349

split-complementary

#49C3AC #C3499D #C36F49

monochromatic

#246E60 #339C88 #49C3AC #77D2C1 #A5E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#49C3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#49C3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C3AC

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C3AC	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 195, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.113 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6c4',
    500: '#49c3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c3ac;
$custom-light: #89d6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.689,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.743,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C3AC

secondary

#CE99A3

accent

#4E68DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C3AC

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

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