#49B49E#49B49E

#49B49E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.104 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B49E
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 158)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -36.04, 2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 36.10, 176.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.1035 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.104 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2376, 36.5251, 38.0611)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B49E #B4495F

analogous

#49B469 #49B49E #4994B4

triadic

#49B49E #9E49B4 #B49E49

tetradic

#49B49E #6949B4 #B4495F #94B449

square

#49B49E #6949B4 #B4495F #94B449

split-complementary

#49B49E #B44994 #B46949

monochromatic

#265D52 #378878 #49B49E #74C7B5 #9FD8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49B49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#49B49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B49E

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B49E	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.104 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbba',
    500: '#49b49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b49e;
$custom-light: #86cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.664,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70176,
    "c": 0.10367,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B49E

secondary

#C5949E

accent

#566FD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B49E

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

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