#49B499#49B499

#49B499 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.107 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B499
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 15%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -37.29, 4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 37.58, 172.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.1059 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.107 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8160, 36.3564, 35.8405)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B499 #B44964

analogous

#49B464 #49B499 #4999B4

triadic

#49B499 #9949B4 #B49949

tetradic

#49B499 #6449B4 #B44964 #99B449

square

#49B499 #6449B4 #B44964 #99B449

split-complementary

#49B499 #B44999 #B46449

monochromatic

#265D4F #378874 #49B499 #74C7B2 #9FD8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#49B499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#49B499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B499

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B499	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)

#AEA998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.107 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbb7',
    500: '#49b499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b499;
$custom-light: #86cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.86,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7003,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B499

secondary

#C594A0

accent

#5675D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B499

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

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