#49A481#49A481

#49A481 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.103 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A481
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(157, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(157, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 21.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, -35.72, 10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 37.11, 164.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% -0.0993 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.103 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9837, 29.5505, 25.4153)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A481 #A4496C

analogous

#49A454 #49A481 #499AA4

triadic

#49A481 #8149A4 #A48149

tetradic

#49A481 #5449A4 #A4496C #9AA449

square

#49A481 #5449A4 #A4496C #9AA449

split-complementary

#49A481 #A4499A #A45449

monochromatic

#234F3E #367A60 #49A481 #6CBE9E #97D1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#49A481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#49A481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49A481

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A481	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.103 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfa5',
    500: '#49a481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a481;
$custom-light: #83bfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.923,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65338,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A481

secondary

#BD8C9F

accent

#5986CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A481

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

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