#49C5B3#49C5B3

#49C5B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5B3
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 179)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 9.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -38.41, -1.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 38.43, 181.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.1121 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.112 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8468, 44.6003, 49.6221)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5B3 #C5495B

analogous

#49C575 #49C5B3 #4999C5

triadic

#49C5B3 #B349C5 #C5B349

tetradic

#49C5B3 #7549C5 #C5495B #99C549

square

#49C5B3 #7549C5 #C5495B #99C549

split-complementary

#49C5B3 #C54999 #C57549

monochromatic

#247065 #329E8F #49C5B3 #77D4C6 #A6E3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#49C5B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#49C5B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5B3

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5B3	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7c9',
    500: '#49c5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5b3;
$custom-light: #8ad7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.29,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75002,
    "c": 0.11218,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5B3

secondary

#D09AA2

accent

#4D61DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5B3

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

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