#49B18D#49B18D

#49B18D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.111 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B18D
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 141)
HSL	hsl(159, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(159, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 20.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -38.81, 9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 39.97, 166.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.1082 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.111 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2752, 34.7816, 30.6811)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B18D #B1496D

analogous

#49B159 #49B18D #49A1B1

triadic

#49B18D #8D49B1 #B18D49

tetradic

#49B18D #5949B1 #B1496D #A1B149

square

#49B18D #5949B1 #B1496D #A1B149

split-complementary

#49B18D #B149A1 #B15949

monochromatic

#255A48 #37866A #49B18D #72C5A8 #9ED7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#49B18D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#49B18D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B18D

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B18D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B18D	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)

#ADA68B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b18d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.111 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9ae',
    500: '#49b18d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b18d;
$custom-light: #85c9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b18d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.231,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68946,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B18D

secondary

#C392A3

accent

#5681D1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B18D

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

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