#49A596#49A596

#49A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.091 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A596
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(170, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -31.05, -0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 31.05, 180.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% -0.0906 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.091 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7054, 30.5267, 33.5966)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A596 #A54958

analogous

#49A568 #49A596 #4986A5

triadic

#49A596 #9649A5 #A59649

tetradic

#49A596 #6849A5 #A54958 #86A549

square

#49A596 #6849A5 #A54958 #86A549

split-complementary

#49A596 #A54986 #A56849

monochromatic

#235049 #367B6F #49A596 #6DBEB1 #97D1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#49A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#49A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A596

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A596	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.091 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c0b4',
    500: '#49a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a596;
$custom-light: #84c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.217,
    "s": 38.655,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66198,
    "c": 0.09058,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A596

secondary

#BD8D94

accent

#596CCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A596

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

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