#49A799#49A799

#49A799 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.092 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A799
RGB	rgb(73, 167, 153)
HSL	hsl(171, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, -31.22, -1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 31.24, 182.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0914 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.092 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3136, 31.3517, 35.0064)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A799 #A74957

analogous

#49A76A #49A799 #4986A7

triadic

#49A799 #9949A7 #A79949

tetradic

#49A799 #6A49A7 #A74957 #86A749

square

#49A799 #6A49A7 #A74957 #86A749

split-complementary

#49A799 #A74986 #A76A49

monochromatic

#24524B #367C72 #49A799 #6EBFB3 #98D2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#49A799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#49A799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A799

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A799	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91939A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 167, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.092 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c1b7',
    500: '#49a799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a799;
$custom-light: #85c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.064,
    "s": 39.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6679,
    "c": 0.09151,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A799

secondary

#BE8D95

accent

#596ACF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A799

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

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