#49C3BC#49C3BC

#49C3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C3BC
RGB	rgb(73, 195, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -35.10, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 35.70, 190.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.106 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.108 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3358, 44.0741, 54.4229)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C3BC #C34950

analogous

#49C37F #49C3BC #498DC3

triadic

#49C3BC #BC49C3 #C3BC49

tetradic

#49C3BC #7F49C3 #C34950 #8DC349

square

#49C3BC #7F49C3 #C34950 #8DC349

split-complementary

#49C3BC #C3498D #C37F49

monochromatic

#246E69 #339C96 #49C3BC #77D2CD #A5E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#49C3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#49C3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C3BC

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C3BC	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 195, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad5d0',
    500: '#49c3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c3bc;
$custom-light: #8ad5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.557,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74801,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C3BC

secondary

#CE999C

accent

#4E56DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C3BC

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

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