#49AD96#49AD96

#49AD96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.100 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AD96
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 150)
HSL	hsl(166, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 13.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -34.82, 3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 34.96, 174.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0995 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.1 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1937, 33.5033, 34.0927)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AD96 #AD4960

analogous

#49AD64 #49AD96 #4992AD

triadic

#49AD96 #9649AD #AD9649

tetradic

#49AD96 #6449AD #AD4960 #92AD49

square

#49AD96 #6449AD #AD4960 #92AD49

split-complementary

#49AD96 #AD4992 #AD6449

monochromatic

#25574B #378271 #49AD96 #70C3B0 #9BD5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#49AD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#49AD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AD96

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AD96	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ad96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.100 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6b4',
    500: '#49ad96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ad96;
$custom-light: #85c6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ad96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.2,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68195,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AD96

secondary

#C1909C

accent

#5773D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AD96

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

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