#49B399#49B399

#49B399 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.105 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B399
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 14.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -36.83, 4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 37.07, 173.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.1048 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.105 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6148, 35.9541, 35.7735)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B399 #B34963

analogous

#49B364 #49B399 #4998B3

triadic

#49B399 #9949B3 #B39949

tetradic

#49B399 #6449B3 #B34963 #98B349

square

#49B399 #6449B3 #B34963 #98B349

split-complementary

#49B399 #B34998 #B36449

monochromatic

#265C4F #378874 #49B399 #73C6B2 #9FD8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#49B399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#49B399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B399

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B399	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.105 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cab7',
    500: '#49b399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b399;
$custom-light: #86cab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.283,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6978,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B399

secondary

#C4939F

accent

#5674D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B399

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

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