#49C3AD#49C3AD

#49C3AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.113 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C3AD
RGB	rgb(73, 195, 173)
HSL	hsl(169, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 11.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -39.05, 1.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 39.07, 178.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.1127 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.113 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8020, 43.4606, 46.3452)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C3AD #C3495F

analogous

#49C370 #49C3AD #499CC3

triadic

#49C3AD #AD49C3 #C3AD49

tetradic

#49C3AD #7049C3 #C3495F #9CC349

square

#49C3AD #7049C3 #C3495F #9CC349

split-complementary

#49C3AD #C3499C #C37049

monochromatic

#246E60 #339C89 #49C3AD #77D2C2 #A5E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#49C3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#49C3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C3AD

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C3AD	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)

#BBB8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 195, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.113 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6c5',
    500: '#49c3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c3ad;
$custom-light: #89d6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.18,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7433,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C3AD

secondary

#CE99A3

accent

#4E67DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C3AD

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

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