#49C4B4#49C4B4

#49C4B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.111 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C4B4
RGB	rgb(73, 196, 180)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -37.70, -2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 37.75, 183.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.1106 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.111 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7220, 44.1883, 50.0813)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C4B4 #C44959

analogous

#49C476 #49C4B4 #4996C4

triadic

#49C4B4 #B449C4 #C4B449

tetradic

#49C4B4 #7649C4 #C44959 #96C449

square

#49C4B4 #7649C4 #C44959 #96C449

split-complementary

#49C4B4 #C44996 #C47649

monochromatic

#246F65 #339D8F #49C4B4 #77D3C7 #A5E2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#49C4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#49C4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C4B4

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C4B4	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 196, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.111 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6ca',
    500: '#49c4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c4b4;
$custom-light: #8ad6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.195,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74788,
    "c": 0.11079,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C4B4

secondary

#CF9AA1

accent

#4D60DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C4B4

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

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