#49A487#49A487

#49A487 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.098 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A487
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 135)
HSL	hsl(161, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(161, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 17.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -34.32, 6.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 35.01, 168.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0964 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.098 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3943, 29.7148, 27.5777)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A487 #A44966

analogous

#49A45A #49A487 #4994A4

triadic

#49A487 #8749A4 #A48749

tetradic

#49A487 #5A49A4 #A44966 #94A449

square

#49A487 #5A49A4 #A44966 #94A449

split-complementary

#49A487 #A44994 #A45A49

monochromatic

#234F41 #367A64 #49A487 #6CBEA4 #97D1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#49A487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#49A487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49A487

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A487	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.098 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfaa',
    500: '#49a487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a487;
$custom-light: #83bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.879,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65501,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A487

secondary

#BD8C9C

accent

#597FCE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A487

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

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