#49C5AE#49C5AE

#49C5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5AE
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -39.70, 1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 39.72, 177.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.1144 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.114 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3503, 44.4017, 47.0071)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5AE #C54960

analogous

#49C570 #49C5AE #499EC5

triadic

#49C5AE #AE49C5 #C5AE49

tetradic

#49C5AE #7049C5 #C54960 #9EC549

square

#49C5AE #7049C5 #C54960 #9EC549

split-complementary

#49C5AE #C5499E #C57049

monochromatic

#247062 #329E8A #49C5AE #77D4C3 #A6E3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#49C5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#49C5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5AE

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5AE	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7c6',
    500: '#49c5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5ae;
$custom-light: #89d7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.871,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74851,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5AE

secondary

#D09AA4

accent

#4D67DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5AE

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

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