#49C5B4#49C5B4

#49C5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5B4
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 180)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 8.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -38.15, -1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 38.18, 182.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.1117 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.112 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9483, 44.6409, 50.1567)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5B4 #C5495A

analogous

#49C576 #49C5B4 #4998C5

triadic

#49C5B4 #B449C5 #C5B449

tetradic

#49C5B4 #7649C5 #C5495A #98C549

square

#49C5B4 #7649C5 #C5495A #98C549

split-complementary

#49C5B4 #C54998 #C57649

monochromatic

#247065 #329E90 #49C5B4 #77D4C7 #A6E3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#49C5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#49C5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5B4

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5B4	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7ca',
    500: '#49c5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5b4;
$custom-light: #8ad7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.774,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75032,
    "c": 0.11178,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5B4

secondary

#D09AA1

accent

#4D60DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5B4

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

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