#49C5BC#49C5BC

#49C5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.109 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5BC
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -36.03, -5.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 36.46, 188.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.1081 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.109 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7869, 44.9764, 54.5733)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5BC #C54952

analogous

#49C57E #49C5BC #4990C5

triadic

#49C5BC #BC49C5 #C5BC49

tetradic

#49C5BC #7E49C5 #C54952 #90C549

square

#49C5BC #7E49C5 #C54952 #90C549

split-complementary

#49C5BC #C54990 #C57E49

monochromatic

#24706A #329E97 #49C5BC #77D4CD #A6E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#49C5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#49C5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5BC

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5BC	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.109 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7d0',
    500: '#49c5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5bc;
$custom-light: #8ad7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.645,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75286,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5BC

secondary

#D09A9E

accent

#4D57DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5BC

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

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