#49C5AC#49C5AC

#49C5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5AC
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 172)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 12.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -40.20, 2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 40.28, 176.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.1153 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.115 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1568, 44.3243, 45.9879)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5AC #C54962

analogous

#49C56E #49C5AC #49A0C5

triadic

#49C5AC #AC49C5 #C5AC49

tetradic

#49C5AC #6E49C5 #C54962 #A0C549

square

#49C5AC #6E49C5 #C54962 #A0C549

split-complementary

#49C5AC #C549A0 #C56E49

monochromatic

#247061 #329E89 #49C5AC #77D4C1 #A6E3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#49C5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#49C5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5AC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5AC	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7c4',
    500: '#49c5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5ac;
$custom-light: #89d7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.903,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74792,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5AC

secondary

#D09AA5

accent

#4D69DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5AC

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

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