#49B299#49B299

#49B299 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.104 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B299
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(166, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 14%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -36.38, 3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 36.57, 174.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.1037 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.104 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4151, 35.5547, 35.7069)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B299 #B24962

analogous

#49B264 #49B299 #4997B2

triadic

#49B299 #9949B2 #B29949

tetradic

#49B299 #6449B2 #B24962 #97B249

square

#49B299 #6449B2 #B24962 #97B249

split-complementary

#49B299 #B24997 #B26449

monochromatic

#255B4E #378774 #49B299 #73C5B2 #9ED7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#49B299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#49B299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B299

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B299	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.104 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9b7',
    500: '#49b299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b299;
$custom-light: #86c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.714,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69531,
    "c": 0.1041,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B299

secondary

#C4939F

accent

#5674D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B299

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

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