#49C8B4#49C8B4

#49C8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8B4
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 180)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 10%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -39.51, -0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 39.51, 180.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.1148 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.115 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6363, 46.0169, 50.3860)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8B4 #C8495D

analogous

#49C874 #49C8B4 #499CC8

triadic

#49C8B4 #B449C8 #C8B449

tetradic

#49C8B4 #7449C8 #C8495D #9CC849

square

#49C8B4 #7449C8 #C8495D #9CC849

split-complementary

#49C8B4 #C8499C #C87449

monochromatic

#237467 #31A391 #49C8B4 #78D6C7 #A7E4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#49C8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#49C8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8B4

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8B4	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAFB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9ca',
    500: '#49c8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8b4;
$custom-light: #8ad9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.551,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75766,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8B4

secondary

#D29BA4

accent

#4B62DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8B4

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

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