#49A889#49A889

#49A889 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.102 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A889
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 137)
HSL	hsl(160, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 18.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -35.68, 7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 36.49, 167.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.1 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.102 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2635, 31.2259, 28.5687)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A889 #A84968

analogous

#49A85A #49A889 #4998A8

triadic

#49A889 #8949A8 #A88949

tetradic

#49A889 #5A49A8 #A84968 #98A849

square

#49A889 #5A49A8 #A84968 #98A849

split-complementary

#49A889 #A84998 #A85A49

monochromatic

#245343 #367D66 #49A889 #6EC0A5 #99D3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#49A889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#49A889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A889

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A889	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96938B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.102 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2ab',
    500: '#49a889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a889;
$custom-light: #84c2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.421,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66568,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A889

secondary

#BF8E9E

accent

#587FCF

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A889

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

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