#49B196#49B196

#49B196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.105 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B196
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 150)
HSL	hsl(164, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(164, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 15.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -36.66, 4.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 36.98, 172.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.104 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.105 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9722, 35.0604, 34.3522)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B196 #B14964

analogous

#49B162 #49B196 #4998B1

triadic

#49B196 #9649B1 #B19649

tetradic

#49B196 #6249B1 #B14964 #98B149

square

#49B196 #6249B1 #B14964 #98B149

split-complementary

#49B196 #B14998 #B16249

monochromatic

#255A4D #378671 #49B196 #72C5AF #9ED7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#49B196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#49B196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B196

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B196	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.105 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9b4',
    500: '#49b196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b196;
$custom-light: #86c9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.423,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69195,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B196

secondary

#C3929F

accent

#5676D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B196

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

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