#49B38F#49B38F

#49B38F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.112 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B38F
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 143)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(160, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 20.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -39.24, 9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 40.34, 166.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.1094 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.112 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8233, 35.6375, 31.6045)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B38F #B3496D

analogous

#49B35A #49B38F #49A2B3

triadic

#49B38F #8F49B3 #B38F49

tetradic

#49B38F #5A49B3 #B3496D #A2B349

square

#49B38F #5A49B3 #B3496D #A2B349

split-complementary

#49B38F #B349A2 #B35A49

monochromatic

#265C4A #37886C #49B38F #73C6AA #9FD8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#49B38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#49B38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B38F

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B38F	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA88D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09D91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.112 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86caaf',
    500: '#49b38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b38f;
$custom-light: #86caaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.623,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69502,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B38F

secondary

#C493A4

accent

#5680D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B38F

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

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