#49B255#49B255

#49B255 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.163 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B255
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(127, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(127, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -49.77, 38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 62.83, 142.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.1348 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.163 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3065, 33.9113, 14.0680)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B255 #B249A6

analogous

#72B249 #49B255 #49B28A

triadic

#49B255 #5549B2 #B25549

tetradic

#49B255 #4972B2 #B249A6 #B28A49

square

#49B255 #4972B2 #B249A6 #B28A49

split-complementary

#49B255 #8A49B2 #B24972

monochromatic

#255B2C #378740 #49B255 #73C57C #9ED7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#49B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#49B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B255

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B255	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33AE9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.163 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ca87',
    500: '#49b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b255;
$custom-light: #86ca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.857,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68055,
    "c": 0.16335,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B255

secondary

#C493BE

accent

#56C4D2

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F8F0

border

#CBD1CB

text

#0C130B

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B255

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

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