#49C8A8#49C8A8

#49C8A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8A8
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -42.52, 5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 42.91, 172.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.1203 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.121 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4664, 45.5489, 44.2244)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8A8 #C84969

analogous

#49C868 #49C8A8 #49A8C8

triadic

#49C8A8 #A849C8 #C8A849

tetradic

#49C8A8 #6849C8 #C84969 #A8C849

square

#49C8A8 #6849C8 #C84969 #A8C849

split-complementary

#49C8A8 #C849A8 #C86849

monochromatic

#23745F #31A386 #49C8A8 #78D6BE #A7E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#49C8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#49C8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8A8

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8A8	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9c1',
    500: '#49c8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8a8;
$custom-light: #8ad9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.882,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75417,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8A8

secondary

#D29BA9

accent

#4B70DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8A8

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

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