#49C8B9#49C8B9

#49C8B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8B9
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 185)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -38.20, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 38.31, 184.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.1125 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.113 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1548, 46.2243, 53.1171)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8B9 #C84958

analogous

#49C879 #49C8B9 #4997C8

triadic

#49C8B9 #B949C8 #C8B949

tetradic

#49C8B9 #7949C8 #C84958 #97C849

square

#49C8B9 #7949C8 #C84958 #97C849

split-complementary

#49C8B9 #C84997 #C87949

monochromatic

#23746A #31A395 #49C8B9 #78D6CB #A7E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#49C8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#49C8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8B9

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8B9	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9ce',
    500: '#49c8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8b9;
$custom-light: #8ad9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.913,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75919,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8B9

secondary

#D29BA2

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8B9

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

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