#49B488#49B488

#49B488 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.119 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B488
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 136)
HSL	hsl(155, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 24.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -41.28, 13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 43.41, 161.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.1138 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.119 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5106, 35.8342, 28.9655)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B488 #B44975

analogous

#49B453 #49B488 #49ABB4

triadic

#49B488 #8849B4 #B48849

tetradic

#49B488 #5349B4 #B44975 #ABB449

square

#49B488 #5349B4 #B44975 #ABB449

split-complementary

#49B488 #B449AB #B45349

monochromatic

#265D46 #378867 #49B488 #74C7A4 #9FD8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49B488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#49B488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B488

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B488	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.119 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbaa',
    500: '#49b488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b488;
$custom-light: #86cbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.327,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69573,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B488

secondary

#C594A8

accent

#5689D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B488

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

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