#49B257#49B257

#49B257 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.162 H 146.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B257
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(128, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(128, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -49.48, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 62.02, 142.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.134 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.162 146)
XYZ	xyz(20.3871, 33.9435, 14.4924)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B257 #B249A4

analogous

#70B249 #49B257 #49B28C

triadic

#49B257 #5749B2 #B25749

tetradic

#49B257 #4970B2 #B249A4 #B28C49

square

#49B257 #4970B2 #B249A4 #B28C49

split-complementary

#49B257 #8C49B2 #B24970

monochromatic

#255B2D #378742 #49B257 #73C57E #9ED7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#49B257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#49B257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B257

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B257	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32AE9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.162 146.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ca88',
    500: '#49b257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b257;
$custom-light: #86ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68085,
    "c": 0.16153,
    "h": 146
  },
  "luminance": 0.33945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B257

secondary

#C493BD

accent

#56C1D2

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F8F0

border

#CBD1CB

text

#0C130B

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B257

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

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