#49B09A#49B09A

#49B09A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.101 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B09A
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 154)
HSL	hsl(167, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 12.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -35.20, 2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 35.28, 176.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.101 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.101 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1030, 34.7978, 36.0120)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B09A #B0495F

analogous

#49B067 #49B09A #4993B0

triadic

#49B09A #9A49B0 #B09A49

tetradic

#49B09A #6749B0 #B0495F #93B049

square

#49B09A #6749B0 #B0495F #93B049

split-complementary

#49B09A #B04993 #B06749

monochromatic

#25594E #378574 #49B09A #72C4B3 #9DD6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#49B09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#49B09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B09A

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B09A	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.101 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c8b7',
    500: '#49b09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b09a;
$custom-light: #86c8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.184,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69062,
    "c": 0.10117,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B09A

secondary

#C3929C

accent

#5771D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B09A

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

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