#49C3B2#49C3B2

#49C3B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C3B2
RGB	rgb(73, 195, 178)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 8.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -37.76, -1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 37.79, 182.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.1105 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.111 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2949, 43.6578, 48.9411)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C3B2 #C3495A

analogous

#49C375 #49C3B2 #4997C3

triadic

#49C3B2 #B249C3 #C3B249

tetradic

#49C3B2 #7549C3 #C3495A #97C349

square

#49C3B2 #7549C3 #C3495A #97C349

split-complementary

#49C3B2 #C34997 #C37549

monochromatic

#246E63 #339C8D #49C3B2 #77D2C5 #A5E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#49C3B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#49C3B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C3B2

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C3B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C3B2	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c3b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 195, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6c9',
    500: '#49c3b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c3b2;
$custom-light: #89d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c3b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.639,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74482,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C3B2

secondary

#CE99A1

accent

#4E61DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C3B2

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

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