#49C8AA#49C8AA

#49C8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8AA
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 170)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 15%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -42.03, 4.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 42.30, 173.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.1193 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.12 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6541, 45.6240, 45.2132)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8AA #C84967

analogous

#49C86A #49C8AA #49A6C8

triadic

#49C8AA #AA49C8 #C8AA49

tetradic

#49C8AA #6A49C8 #C84967 #A6C849

square

#49C8AA #6A49C8 #C84967 #A6C849

split-complementary

#49C8AA #C849A6 #C86A49

monochromatic

#237461 #31A388 #49C8AA #78D6C0 #A7E4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#49C8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#49C8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8AA

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8AA	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9c3',
    500: '#49c8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8aa;
$custom-light: #8ad9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.827,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75473,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8AA

secondary

#D29BA8

accent

#4B6DDD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8AA

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

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