#49C5A5#49C5A5

#49C5A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.119 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5A5
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 165)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 16.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -41.94, 5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 42.36, 171.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.1185 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.119 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5021, 44.0625, 42.5401)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5A5 #C54969

analogous

#49C567 #49C5A5 #49A7C5

triadic

#49C5A5 #A549C5 #C5A549

tetradic

#49C5A5 #6749C5 #C54969 #A7C549

square

#49C5A5 #6749C5 #C54969 #A7C549

split-complementary

#49C5A5 #C549A7 #C56749

monochromatic

#24705C #329E82 #49C5A5 #77D4BC #A6E3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#49C5A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#49C5A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5A5

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5A5	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.119 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7bf',
    500: '#49c5a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5a5;
$custom-light: #89d7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.516,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74592,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5A5

secondary

#D09AA8

accent

#4D71DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5A5

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

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