#49B19E#49B19E

#49B19E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.100 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B19E
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 158)
HSL	hsl(169, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 10.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -34.65, 0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 34.66, 178.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.1003 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.1 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6385, 35.3269, 37.8614)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B19E #B1495C

analogous

#49B16A #49B19E #4990B1

triadic

#49B19E #9E49B1 #B19E49

tetradic

#49B19E #6A49B1 #B1495C #90B149

square

#49B19E #6A49B1 #B1495C #90B149

split-complementary

#49B19E #B14990 #B16A49

monochromatic

#255A51 #378677 #49B19E #72C5B6 #9ED7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#49B19E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#49B19E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B19E

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B19E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B19E	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b19e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.100 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9ba',
    500: '#49b19e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b19e;
$custom-light: #86c9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b19e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.038,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69431,
    "c": 0.10027,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B19E

secondary

#C3929B

accent

#566DD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B19E

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

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