#49C8AE#49C8AE

#49C8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8AE
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -41.03, 2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 41.13, 176.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.1175 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.118 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0383, 45.7777, 47.2364)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8AE #C84963

analogous

#49C86E #49C8AE #49A2C8

triadic

#49C8AE #AE49C8 #C8AE49

tetradic

#49C8AE #6E49C8 #C84963 #A2C849

square

#49C8AE #6E49C8 #C84963 #A2C849

split-complementary

#49C8AE #C849A2 #C86E49

monochromatic

#237463 #31A38B #49C8AE #78D6C3 #A7E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#49C8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#49C8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8AE

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8AE	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9c6',
    500: '#49c8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8ae;
$custom-light: #8ad9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.717,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75588,
    "c": 0.1177,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8AE

secondary

#D29BA6

accent

#4B69DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8AE

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

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