#49B48A#49B48A

#49B48A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.117 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B48A
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 138)
HSL	hsl(156, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(156, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 23.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -40.83, 12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 42.67, 163.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.1129 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.117 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6541, 35.8916, 29.7210)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B48A #B44973

analogous

#49B455 #49B48A #49A8B4

triadic

#49B48A #8A49B4 #B48A49

tetradic

#49B48A #5549B4 #B44973 #A8B449

square

#49B48A #5549B4 #B44973 #A8B449

split-complementary

#49B48A #B449A8 #B45549

monochromatic

#265D47 #378869 #49B48A #74C7A6 #9FD8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49B48A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#49B48A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B48A

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B48A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B48A	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)

#B1A888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.117 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbac',
    500: '#49b48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b48a;
$custom-light: #86cbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.449,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69624,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B48A

secondary

#C594A7

accent

#5687D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B48A

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

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