#49B18E#49B18E

#49B18E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.110 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B18E
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 142)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(160, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 19.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -38.58, 9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 39.62, 166.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.1077 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.11 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3499, 34.8115, 31.0747)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B18E #B1496C

analogous

#49B15A #49B18E #49A0B1

triadic

#49B18E #8E49B1 #B18E49

tetradic

#49B18E #5A49B1 #B1496C #A0B149

square

#49B18E #5A49B1 #B1496C #A0B149

split-complementary

#49B18E #B149A0 #B15A49

monochromatic

#255A48 #37866B #49B18E #72C5A9 #9ED7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#49B18E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#49B18E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B18E

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B18E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B18E	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)

#ADA68C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b18e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.110 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9af',
    500: '#49b18e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b18e;
$custom-light: #85c9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b18e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.808,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68972,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B18E

secondary

#C392A3

accent

#5680D1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B18E

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

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