#49D8A8#49D8A8

#49D8A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.140 H 166.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8A8
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 168)
HSL	hsl(160, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(160, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 22.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -49.32, 12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 50.91, 165.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.1367 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.14 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3677, 53.3516, 45.5248)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8A8 #D84979

analogous

#49D861 #49D8A8 #49C1D8

triadic

#49D8A8 #A849D8 #D8A849

tetradic

#49D8A8 #6149D8 #D84979 #C1D849

square

#49D8A8 #6149D8 #D84979 #C1D849

split-complementary

#49D8A8 #D849C1 #D86149

monochromatic

#1D8965 #28BC8A #49D8A8 #7BE3C0 #AEEED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#49D8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#49D8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8A8

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8A8	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.140 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c1',
    500: '#49d8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8a8;
$custom-light: #8ce5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.86,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79363,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8A8

secondary

#8F3654

accent

#4078E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8A8

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

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