#49B181#49B181

#49B181 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.121 H 160.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B181
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 129)
HSL	hsl(152, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(152, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 27.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -41.50, 15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 44.39, 159.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.1139 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.121 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4302, 34.4436, 26.2308)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B181 #B14979

analogous

#49B14D #49B181 #49ADB1

triadic

#49B181 #8149B1 #B18149

tetradic

#49B181 #4D49B1 #B14979 #ADB149

square

#49B181 #4D49B1 #B14979 #ADB149

split-complementary

#49B181 #B149AD #B14D49

monochromatic

#255A42 #378661 #49B181 #72C59F #9ED7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#49B181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#49B181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B181

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B181	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA57E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.121 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9a5',
    500: '#49b181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b181;
$custom-light: #85c9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.308,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68642,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B181

secondary

#C392A9

accent

#568FD1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B181

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

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