#49C5BF#49C5BF

#49C5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.109 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5BF
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -35.21, -7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 35.93, 191.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.1068 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.109 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1137, 45.1071, 56.2942)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5BF #C5494F

analogous

#49C581 #49C5BF #498DC5

triadic

#49C5BF #BF49C5 #C5BF49

tetradic

#49C5BF #8149C5 #C5494F #8DC549

square

#49C5BF #8149C5 #C5494F #8DC549

split-complementary

#49C5BF #C5498D #C58149

monochromatic

#24706C #329E99 #49C5BF #77D4CF #A6E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#49C5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#49C5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5BF

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5BF	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.109 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7d2',
    500: '#49c5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5bf;
$custom-light: #8ad7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.097,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75384,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5BF

secondary

#D09A9D

accent

#4D54DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5BF

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

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