#49C8A0#49C8A0

#49C8A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.126 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8A0
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 160)
HSL	hsl(161, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 20%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -44.43, 9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 45.50, 167.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.124 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.126 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7439, 45.2599, 40.4194)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8A0 #C84971

analogous

#49C860 #49C8A0 #49B0C8

triadic

#49C8A0 #A049C8 #C8A049

tetradic

#49C8A0 #6049C8 #C84971 #B0C849

square

#49C8A0 #6049C8 #C84971 #B0C849

split-complementary

#49C8A0 #C849B0 #C86049

monochromatic

#23745A #31A37F #49C8A0 #78D6B9 #A7E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#49C8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#49C8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8A0

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8A0	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.126 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9bc',
    500: '#49c8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8a0;
$custom-light: #89d9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.102,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.752,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8A0

secondary

#D29BAC

accent

#4B79DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8A0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →