#49B49D#49B49D

#49B49D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.104 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B49D
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 157)
HSL	hsl(167, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 12.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -36.29, 2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 36.38, 175.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.104 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.104 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1519, 36.4908, 37.6097)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B49D #B44960

analogous

#49B468 #49B49D #4995B4

triadic

#49B49D #9D49B4 #B49D49

tetradic

#49B49D #6849B4 #B44960 #95B449

square

#49B49D #6849B4 #B44960 #95B449

split-complementary

#49B49D #B44995 #B46849

monochromatic

#265D51 #378877 #49B49D #74C7B5 #9FD8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49B49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#49B49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B49D

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B49D	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.104 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbb9',
    500: '#49b49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b49d;
$custom-light: #86cbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.103,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70147,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B49D

secondary

#C5949E

accent

#5670D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B49D

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

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