#49B38E#49B38E

#49B38E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.113 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B38E
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 142)
HSL	hsl(159, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(159, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 20.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -39.47, 9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 40.69, 165.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.1099 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.113 167)
XYZ	xyz(23.7478, 35.6073, 31.2073)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B38E #B3496E

analogous

#49B359 #49B38E #49A3B3

triadic

#49B38E #8E49B3 #B38E49

tetradic

#49B38E #5949B3 #B3496E #A3B349

square

#49B38E #5949B3 #B3496E #A3B349

split-complementary

#49B38E #B349A3 #B35949

monochromatic

#265C49 #37886C #49B38E #73C6A9 #9FD8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#49B38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#49B38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B38E

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B38E	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)

#AFA78C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.113 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86caaf',
    500: '#49b38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b38e;
$custom-light: #86caaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.057,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69476,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.3561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B38E

secondary

#C493A5

accent

#5681D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B38E

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

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