#49B496#49B496

#49B496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.108 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B496
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -38.02, 6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 38.52, 170.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.1073 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.108 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5713, 36.2585, 34.5519)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B496 #B44967

analogous

#49B461 #49B496 #499CB4

triadic

#49B496 #9649B4 #B49649

tetradic

#49B496 #6149B4 #B44967 #9CB449

square

#49B496 #6149B4 #B44967 #9CB449

split-complementary

#49B496 #B4499C #B46149

monochromatic

#265D4D #378872 #49B496 #74C7AF #9FD8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#49B496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#49B496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B496

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B496	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#AFA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.108 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbb4',
    500: '#49b496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b496;
$custom-light: #86cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.178,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69945,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B496

secondary

#C594A2

accent

#5679D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B496

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

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