#49D8AC#49D8AC

#49D8AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.138 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8AC
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 172)
HSL	hsl(162, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(162, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 20.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -48.40, 10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 49.56, 167.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.1349 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.138 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7461, 53.5029, 47.5176)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8AC #D84975

analogous

#49D865 #49D8AC #49BDD8

triadic

#49D8AC #AC49D8 #D8AC49

tetradic

#49D8AC #6549D8 #D84975 #BDD849

square

#49D8AC #6549D8 #D84975 #BDD849

split-complementary

#49D8AC #D849BD #D86549

monochromatic

#1D8968 #28BC8E #49D8AC #7BE3C3 #AEEEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#49D8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#49D8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8AC

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8AC	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.138 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c4',
    500: '#49d8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8ac;
$custom-light: #8ce5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.538,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79465,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8AC

secondary

#8F3651

accent

#4074E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8AC

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

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