#49B489#49B489

#49B489 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.118 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B489
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 137)
HSL	hsl(156, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(156, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 23.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -41.05, 12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 43.04, 162.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.1134 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.118 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5820, 35.8628, 29.3415)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B489 #B44974

analogous

#49B454 #49B489 #49A9B4

triadic

#49B489 #8949B4 #B48949

tetradic

#49B489 #5449B4 #B44974 #A9B449

square

#49B489 #5449B4 #B44974 #A9B449

split-complementary

#49B489 #B449A9 #B45449

monochromatic

#265D47 #378868 #49B489 #74C7A5 #9FD8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49B489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#49B489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B489

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B489	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)

#B1A887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.118 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbab',
    500: '#49b489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b489;
$custom-light: #86cbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.888,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69599,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B489

secondary

#C594A8

accent

#5688D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B489

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

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