#49A396#49A396

#49A396 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.088 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A396
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 150)
HSL	hsl(171, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -30.08, -1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 30.11, 182.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% -0.0883 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.088 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3475, 29.8108, 33.4773)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A396 #A34956

analogous

#49A369 #49A396 #4983A3

triadic

#49A396 #9649A3 #A39649

tetradic

#49A396 #6949A3 #A34956 #83A349

square

#49A396 #6949A3 #A34956 #83A349

split-complementary

#49A396 #A34983 #A36949

monochromatic

#234E48 #36796F #49A396 #6CBDB1 #96D0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#49A396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#49A396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49A396

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A396	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.088 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84beb4',
    500: '#49a396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a396;
$custom-light: #84beb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.333,
    "s": 38.136,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65699,
    "c": 0.08839,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A396

secondary

#BC8C93

accent

#5A6BCE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A396

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

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