#49CEAE#49CEAE

#49CEAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.124 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CEAE
RGB	rgb(73, 206, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 15.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -43.67, 5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 43.99, 173.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.1237 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.124 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4552, 48.6116, 47.7087)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CEAE #CE4969

analogous

#49CE6C #49CEAE #49ACCE

triadic

#49CEAE #AE49CE #CEAE49

tetradic

#49CEAE #6C49CE #CE4969 #ACCE49

square

#49CEAE #6C49CE #CE4969 #ACCE49

split-complementary

#49CEAE #CE49AC #CE6C49

monochromatic

#217B66 #2EAC8D #49CEAE #79DBC3 #A9E8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#49CEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#49CEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CEAE

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CEAE	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ceae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 206, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.124 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdec6',
    500: '#49ceae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ceae;
$custom-light: #8bdec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ceae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.564,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77061,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CEAE

secondary

#D59DAB

accent

#476CE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CEAE

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

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