#49D9A8#49D9A8

#49D9A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.142 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D9A8
RGB	rgb(73, 217, 168)
HSL	hsl(160, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(160, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 22.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -49.73, 13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 51.42, 165.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.1377 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.142 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6247, 53.8655, 45.6105)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D9A8 #D9497A

analogous

#49D960 #49D9A8 #49C2D9

triadic

#49D9A8 #A849D9 #D9A849

tetradic

#49D9A8 #6049D9 #D9497A #C2D949

square

#49D9A8 #6049D9 #D9497A #C2D949

split-complementary

#49D9A8 #D949C2 #D96049

monochromatic

#1D8B65 #28BD8A #49D9A8 #7CE4C0 #AEEED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#49D9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#49D9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D9A8

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D9A8	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 217, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.142 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c2',
    500: '#49d9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d9a8;
$custom-light: #8ce5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.583,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7961,
    "c": 0.14172,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D9A8

secondary

#913655

accent

#3F79E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D9A8

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

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