#49B39A#49B39A

#49B39A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.105 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B39A
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 154)
HSL	hsl(166, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 14%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -36.58, 3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 36.77, 174.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.1043 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.105 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6978, 35.9873, 36.2103)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B39A #B34962

analogous

#49B365 #49B39A #4997B3

triadic

#49B39A #9A49B3 #B39A49

tetradic

#49B39A #6549B3 #B34962 #97B349

square

#49B39A #6549B3 #B34962 #97B349

split-complementary

#49B39A #B34997 #B36549

monochromatic

#265C4F #378875 #49B39A #73C6B2 #9FD8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#49B39A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#49B39A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B39A

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B39A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B39A	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b39a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.105 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cab7',
    500: '#49b39a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b39a;
$custom-light: #86cab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b39a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.849,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6981,
    "c": 0.10471,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B39A

secondary

#C4939F

accent

#5673D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B39A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →