#49C8A9#49C8A9

#49C8A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8A9
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -42.27, 5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 42.60, 172.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.1198 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.121 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5599, 45.5863, 44.7169)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8A9 #C84968

analogous

#49C869 #49C8A9 #49A7C8

triadic

#49C8A9 #A949C8 #C8A949

tetradic

#49C8A9 #6949C8 #C84968 #A7C849

square

#49C8A9 #6949C8 #C84968 #A7C849

split-complementary

#49C8A9 #C849A7 #C86949

monochromatic

#237460 #31A387 #49C8A9 #78D6BF #A7E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#49C8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#49C8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8A9

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8A9	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9c2',
    500: '#49c8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8a9;
$custom-light: #8ad9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.354,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75445,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8A9

secondary

#D29BA8

accent

#4B6FDD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8A9

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

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