#49C9BC#49C9BC

#49C9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C9BC
RGB	rgb(73, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -37.86, -3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 38.06, 185.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.1122 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.113 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7072, 46.8170, 54.8801)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C9BC #C94956

analogous

#49C97C #49C9BC #4996C9

triadic

#49C9BC #BC49C9 #C9BC49

tetradic

#49C9BC #7C49C9 #C94956 #96C949

square

#49C9BC #7C49C9 #C94956 #96C949

split-complementary

#49C9BC #C94996 #C97C49

monochromatic

#23756D #31A498 #49C9BC #78D7CD #A7E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#49C9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#49C9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C9BC

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C9BC	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdad0',
    500: '#49c9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c9bc;
$custom-light: #8bdad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.906,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76257,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C9BC

secondary

#D29CA1

accent

#4A59DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C9BC

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

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