#49B48E#49B48E

#49B48E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.114 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B48E
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 142)
HSL	hsl(159, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 21.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -39.92, 10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 41.23, 165.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.111 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.114 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9490, 36.0096, 31.2744)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B48E #B4496F

analogous

#49B459 #49B48E #49A4B4

triadic

#49B48E #8E49B4 #B48E49

tetradic

#49B48E #5949B4 #B4496F #A4B449

square

#49B48E #5949B4 #B4496F #A4B449

split-complementary

#49B48E #B449A4 #B45949

monochromatic

#265D49 #37886C #49B48E #74C7A9 #9FD8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#49B48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#49B48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B48E

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B48E	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)

#B0A88C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19D90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.114 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbaf',
    500: '#49b48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b48e;
$custom-light: #86cbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.692,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69727,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B48E

secondary

#C594A5

accent

#5682D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B48E

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

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