#49B38D#49B38D

#49B38D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.114 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B38D
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 141)
HSL	hsl(158, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 21.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -39.70, 10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 41.05, 165.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.1104 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.114 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6731, 35.5774, 30.8137)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B38D #B3496F

analogous

#49B358 #49B38D #49A4B3

triadic

#49B38D #8D49B3 #B38D49

tetradic

#49B38D #5849B3 #B3496F #A4B349

square

#49B38D #5849B3 #B3496F #A4B349

split-complementary

#49B38D #B349A4 #B35849

monochromatic

#265C49 #37886B #49B38D #73C6A8 #9FD8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#49B38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#49B38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B38D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B38D	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA78B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.114 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86caae',
    500: '#49b38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b38d;
$custom-light: #86caae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.491,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69449,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B38D

secondary

#C493A5

accent

#5682D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B38D

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

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