#49B189#49B189

#49B189 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.114 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B189
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 137)
HSL	hsl(157, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(157, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 22.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -39.74, 11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 41.40, 163.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.1101 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.114 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9829, 34.6647, 29.1418)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B189 #B14971

analogous

#49B155 #49B189 #49A5B1

triadic

#49B189 #8949B1 #B18949

tetradic

#49B189 #5549B1 #B14971 #A5B149

square

#49B189 #5549B1 #B14971 #A5B149

split-complementary

#49B189 #B149A5 #B15549

monochromatic

#255A46 #378667 #49B189 #72C5A5 #9ED7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#49B189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#49B189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B189

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B189	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)

#AEA587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.114 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9ab',
    500: '#49b189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b189;
$custom-light: #85c9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.923,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68841,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B189

secondary

#C392A5

accent

#5686D1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B189

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

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