#49C8B1#49C8B1

#49C8B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8B1
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 177)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 11.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -40.28, 1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 40.29, 178.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.1161 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.116 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3340, 45.8960, 48.7939)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8B1 #C84960

analogous

#49C871 #49C8B1 #499FC8

triadic

#49C8B1 #B149C8 #C8B149

tetradic

#49C8B1 #7149C8 #C84960 #9FC849

square

#49C8B1 #7149C8 #C84960 #9FC849

split-complementary

#49C8B1 #C8499F #C87149

monochromatic

#237465 #31A38E #49C8B1 #78D6C5 #A7E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#49C8B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#49C8B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8B1

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8B1	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9c8',
    500: '#49c8b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8b1;
$custom-light: #8ad9c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.134,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75676,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8B1

secondary

#D29BA5

accent

#4B65DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8B1

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

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