#49D8A9#49D8A9

#49D8A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.140 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8A9
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 169)
HSL	hsl(160, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(160, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 21.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -49.09, 12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 50.57, 166.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.1362 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.14 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4612, 53.3890, 46.0174)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8A9 #D84978

analogous

#49D862 #49D8A9 #49BFD8

triadic

#49D8A9 #A949D8 #D8A949

tetradic

#49D8A9 #6249D8 #D84978 #BFD849

square

#49D8A9 #6249D8 #D84978 #BFD849

split-complementary

#49D8A9 #D849BF #D86249

monochromatic

#1D8966 #28BC8B #49D8A9 #7BE3C1 #AEEED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#49D8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#49D8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8A9

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8A9	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.140 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c2',
    500: '#49d8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8a9;
$custom-light: #8ce5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.28,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79389,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8A9

secondary

#8F3653

accent

#4077E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8A9

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

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