#49C5B2#49C5B2

#49C5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.113 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5B2
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 178)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 9.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -38.67, -0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 38.68, 180.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.1126 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.113 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7460, 44.5600, 49.0914)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5B2 #C5495C

analogous

#49C574 #49C5B2 #499AC5

triadic

#49C5B2 #B249C5 #C5B249

tetradic

#49C5B2 #7449C5 #C5495C #9AC549

square

#49C5B2 #7449C5 #C5495C #9AC549

split-complementary

#49C5B2 #C5499A #C57449

monochromatic

#247064 #329E8E #49C5B2 #77D4C6 #A6E3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#49C5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#49C5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5B2

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5B2	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.113 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7c9',
    500: '#49c5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5b2;
$custom-light: #8ad7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.806,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74971,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5B2

secondary

#D09AA2

accent

#4D63DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5B2

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

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