#49B197#49B197

#49B197 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.104 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B197
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 151)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 14.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -36.41, 4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 36.67, 173.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.1035 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.104 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0531, 35.0927, 34.7781)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B197 #B14963

analogous

#49B163 #49B197 #4997B1

triadic

#49B197 #9749B1 #B19749

tetradic

#49B197 #6349B1 #B14963 #97B149

square

#49B197 #6349B1 #B14963 #97B149

split-complementary

#49B197 #B14997 #B16349

monochromatic

#255A4D #378672 #49B197 #72C5B0 #9ED7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#49B197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#49B197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B197

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B197	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.104 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9b5',
    500: '#49b197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b197;
$custom-light: #86c9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69223,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B197

secondary

#C3929F

accent

#5675D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B197

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

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