#49A488#49A488

#49A488 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.097 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A488
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 136)
HSL	hsl(162, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(162, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 17.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, -34.08, 6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 34.67, 169.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% -0.096 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.097 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4650, 29.7431, 27.9503)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A488 #A44965

analogous

#49A45A #49A488 #4993A4

triadic

#49A488 #8849A4 #A48849

tetradic

#49A488 #5A49A4 #A44965 #93A449

square

#49A488 #5A49A4 #A44965 #93A449

split-complementary

#49A488 #A44993 #A45A49

monochromatic

#234F42 #367A65 #49A488 #6CBEA5 #97D1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#49A488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#49A488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49A488

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A488	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92908A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.097 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfaa',
    500: '#49a488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a488;
$custom-light: #83bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.538,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6553,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A488

secondary

#BD8C9B

accent

#597DCE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A488

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

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