#49C8AD#49C8AD

#49C8AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8AD
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 13.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -41.28, 3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 41.41, 175.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.118 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.118 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9411, 45.7388, 46.7249)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8AD #C84964

analogous

#49C86D #49C8AD #49A3C8

triadic

#49C8AD #AD49C8 #C8AD49

tetradic

#49C8AD #6D49C8 #C84964 #A3C849

square

#49C8AD #6D49C8 #C84964 #A3C849

split-complementary

#49C8AD #C849A3 #C86D49

monochromatic

#237462 #31A38B #49C8AD #78D6C2 #A7E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#49C8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#49C8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8AD

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8AD	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9c5',
    500: '#49c8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8ad;
$custom-light: #8ad9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.244,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75559,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8AD

secondary

#D29BA7

accent

#4B6ADD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8AD

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

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