#49B29D#49B29D

#49B29D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.102 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B29D
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 157)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 11.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -35.37, 1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 35.41, 177.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.1018 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.102 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7511, 35.6891, 37.4761)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B29D #B2495E

analogous

#49B269 #49B29D #4993B2

triadic

#49B29D #9D49B2 #B29D49

tetradic

#49B29D #6949B2 #B2495E #93B249

square

#49B29D #6949B2 #B2495E #93B249

split-complementary

#49B29D #B24993 #B26949

monochromatic

#255B50 #378777 #49B29D #73C5B5 #9ED7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#49B29D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#49B29D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B29D

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B29D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B29D	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b29d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.102 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9b9',
    500: '#49b29d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b29d;
$custom-light: #86c9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b29d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69649,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B29D

secondary

#C4939D

accent

#566FD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B29D

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

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