#49D8AE#49D8AE

#49D8AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.136 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8AE
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 174)
HSL	hsl(162, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(162, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 19.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -47.93, 9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 48.89, 168.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.1339 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.136 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9396, 53.5803, 48.5369)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8AE #D84973

analogous

#49D867 #49D8AE #49BAD8

triadic

#49D8AE #AE49D8 #D8AE49

tetradic

#49D8AE #6749D8 #D84973 #BAD849

square

#49D8AE #6749D8 #D84973 #BAD849

split-complementary

#49D8AE #D849BA #D86749

monochromatic

#1D896A #28BC90 #49D8AE #7BE3C4 #AEEEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#49D8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#49D8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8AE

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8AE	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.136 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c6',
    500: '#49d8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8ae;
$custom-light: #8ce5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.378,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79518,
    "c": 0.1362,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8AE

secondary

#8F3650

accent

#4071E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8AE

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

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