#49B397#49B397

#49B397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.107 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B397
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(164, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(164, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -37.33, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 37.69, 172.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.1057 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.107 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4510, 35.8886, 34.9108)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B397 #B34965

analogous

#49B362 #49B397 #499AB3

triadic

#49B397 #9749B3 #B39749

tetradic

#49B397 #6249B3 #B34965 #9AB349

square

#49B397 #6249B3 #B34965 #9AB349

split-complementary

#49B397 #B3499A #B36249

monochromatic

#265C4E #378872 #49B397 #73C6B0 #9FD8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49B397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#49B397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B397

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B397	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.107 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cab5',
    500: '#49b397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b397;
$custom-light: #86cab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.151,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69723,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B397

secondary

#C493A0

accent

#5677D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B397

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

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