#49B498#49B498

#49B498 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.107 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B498
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 152)
HSL	hsl(164, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -37.53, 5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 37.89, 172.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.1063 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.107 173)
XYZ	xyz(24.7337, 36.3235, 35.4073)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B498 #B44965

analogous

#49B463 #49B498 #499BB4

triadic

#49B498 #9849B4 #B49849

tetradic

#49B498 #6349B4 #B44965 #9BB449

square

#49B498 #6349B4 #B44965 #9BB449

split-complementary

#49B498 #B4499B #B46349

monochromatic

#265D4E #378873 #49B498 #74C7B1 #9FD8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#49B498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#49B498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B498

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B498	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.107 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbb6',
    500: '#49b498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b498;
$custom-light: #86cbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.299,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70001,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.36326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B498

secondary

#C594A1

accent

#5676D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B498

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

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