#49A588#49A588

#49A588 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.099 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A588
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 136)
HSL	hsl(161, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(161, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 17.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, -34.54, 6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 35.21, 168.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% -0.0971 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.099 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6447, 30.1024, 28.0102)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A588 #A54966

analogous

#49A55A #49A588 #4994A5

triadic

#49A588 #8849A5 #A58849

tetradic

#49A588 #5A49A5 #A54966 #94A549

square

#49A588 #5A49A5 #A54966 #94A549

split-complementary

#49A588 #A54994 #A55A49

monochromatic

#235042 #367B65 #49A588 #6DBEA5 #97D1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#49A588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#49A588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A588

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A588	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93918A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.099 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c0aa',
    500: '#49a588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a588;
$custom-light: #84c0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.087,
    "s": 38.655,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65782,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A588

secondary

#BD8D9C

accent

#597ECF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A588

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

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