#49C4AB#49C4AB

#49C4AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C4AB
RGB	rgb(73, 196, 171)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 12.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -40.01, 2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 40.09, 176.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.1147 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.115 177)
XYZ	xyz(29.8348, 43.8334, 45.4086)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C4AB #C44962

analogous

#49C46E #49C4AB #499FC4

triadic

#49C4AB #AB49C4 #C4AB49

tetradic

#49C4AB #6E49C4 #C44962 #9FC449

square

#49C4AB #6E49C4 #C44962 #9FC449

split-complementary

#49C4AB #C4499F #C46E49

monochromatic

#246F60 #339D87 #49C4AB #77D3C0 #A5E2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#49C4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#49C4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C4AB

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C4AB	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 196, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6c4',
    500: '#49c4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c4ab;
$custom-light: #89d6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.805,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74517,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.43837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C4AB

secondary

#CF9AA5

accent

#4D6ADB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C4AB

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

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