#49B495#49B495

#49B495 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.109 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B495
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(163, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 17.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -38.26, 6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 38.85, 170.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.1077 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.109 171)
XYZ	xyz(24.4911, 36.2265, 34.1297)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B495 #B44968

analogous

#49B460 #49B495 #499DB4

triadic

#49B495 #9549B4 #B49549

tetradic

#49B495 #6049B4 #B44968 #9DB449

square

#49B495 #6049B4 #B44968 #9DB449

split-complementary

#49B495 #B4499D #B46049

monochromatic

#265D4D #378871 #49B495 #74C7AF #9FD8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#49B495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#49B495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B495

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B495	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.109 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbb4',
    500: '#49b495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b495;
$custom-light: #86cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.617,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69917,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.36229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B495

secondary

#C594A2

accent

#567AD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B495

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

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