#49B491#49B491

#49B491 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.112 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B491
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 145)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 19.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -39.22, 8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 40.19, 167.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.1096 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.112 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1773, 36.1009, 32.4766)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B491 #B4496C

analogous

#49B45C #49B491 #49A1B4

triadic

#49B491 #9149B4 #B49149

tetradic

#49B491 #5C49B4 #B4496C #A1B449

square

#49B491 #5C49B4 #B4496C #A1B449

split-complementary

#49B491 #B449A1 #B45C49

monochromatic

#265D4B #37886E #49B491 #74C7AB #9FD8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#49B491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#49B491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B491

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B491	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A98F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09D93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.112 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbb1',
    500: '#49b491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b491;
$custom-light: #86cbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.374,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69807,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B491

secondary

#C594A4

accent

#567ED2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F5

border

#CBD1CF

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B491

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

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