#49C8B8#49C8B8

#49C8B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8B8
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 184)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 8%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -38.47, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 38.53, 183.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.113 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.113 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0497, 46.1822, 52.5631)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8B8 #C84959

analogous

#49C878 #49C8B8 #4998C8

triadic

#49C8B8 #B849C8 #C8B849

tetradic

#49C8B8 #7849C8 #C84959 #98C849

square

#49C8B8 #7849C8 #C84959 #98C849

split-complementary

#49C8B8 #C84998 #C87849

monochromatic

#237469 #31A394 #49C8B8 #78D6CA #A7E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#49C8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#49C8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8B8

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8B8	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9cd',
    500: '#49c8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8b8;
$custom-light: #8ad9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.441,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75888,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8B8

secondary

#D29BA2

accent

#4B5DDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8B8

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

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