#49B188#49B188

#49B188 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.115 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B188
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 136)
HSL	hsl(156, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(156, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 23.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -39.96, 12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 41.76, 163.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.1106 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.115 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9115, 34.6361, 28.7658)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B188 #B14972

analogous

#49B154 #49B188 #49A6B1

triadic

#49B188 #8849B1 #B18849

tetradic

#49B188 #5449B1 #B14972 #A6B149

square

#49B188 #5449B1 #B14972 #A6B149

split-complementary

#49B188 #B149A6 #B15449

monochromatic

#255A45 #378667 #49B188 #72C5A4 #9ED7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#49B188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#49B188 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B188

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B188	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.115 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9aa',
    500: '#49b188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b188;
$custom-light: #85c9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.346,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68815,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B188

secondary

#C392A6

accent

#5687D1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B188

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

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