#49B490#49B490

#49B490 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.113 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B490
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 144)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 20%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -39.45, 9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 40.53, 166.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.1101 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.113 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1005, 36.0702, 32.0723)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B490 #B4496D

analogous

#49B45B #49B490 #49A3B4

triadic

#49B490 #9049B4 #B49049

tetradic

#49B490 #5B49B4 #B4496D #A3B449

square

#49B490 #5B49B4 #B4496D #A3B449

split-complementary

#49B490 #B449A3 #B45B49

monochromatic

#265D4A #37886D #49B490 #74C7AB #9FD8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#49B490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#49B490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B490

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B490	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A98E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09D92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.113 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbb0',
    500: '#49b490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b490;
$custom-light: #86cbb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.813,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6978,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B490

secondary

#C594A4

accent

#5680D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B490

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

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