#49B49C#49B49C

#49B49C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.105 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B49C
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 156)
HSL	hsl(167, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 13.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -36.54, 3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 36.67, 175.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.1045 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.105 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0669, 36.4568, 37.1619)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B49C #B44961

analogous

#49B467 #49B49C #4997B4

triadic

#49B49C #9C49B4 #B49C49

tetradic

#49B49C #6749B4 #B44961 #97B449

square

#49B49C #6749B4 #B44961 #97B449

split-complementary

#49B49C #B44997 #B46749

monochromatic

#265D51 #378876 #49B49C #74C7B4 #9FD8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49B49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#49B49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B49C

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B49C	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.105 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbb9',
    500: '#49b49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b49c;
$custom-light: #86cbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.542,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70117,
    "c": 0.10475,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B49C

secondary

#C5949F

accent

#5672D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B49C

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

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