#49A489#49A489

#49A489 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.097 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A489
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 137)
HSL	hsl(162, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(162, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 16.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -33.83, 5.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 34.34, 170.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% -0.0955 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.097 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5364, 29.7716, 28.3263)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A489 #A44964

analogous

#49A45C #49A489 #4992A4

triadic

#49A489 #8949A4 #A48949

tetradic

#49A489 #5C49A4 #A44964 #92A449

square

#49A489 #5C49A4 #A44964 #92A449

split-complementary

#49A489 #A44992 #A45C49

monochromatic

#234F42 #367A66 #49A489 #6CBEA6 #97D1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#49A489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#49A489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49A489

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A489	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)

#A09A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92908B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.097 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfab',
    500: '#49a489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a489;
$custom-light: #84bfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.198,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65558,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A489

secondary

#BD8C9A

accent

#597CCE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A489

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

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