#49B49F#49B49F

#49B49F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.103 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B49F
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 159)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 11.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -35.79, 1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 35.82, 177.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.1031 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.103 178)
XYZ	xyz(25.3240, 36.5596, 38.5163)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B49F #B4495E

analogous

#49B46A #49B49F #4994B4

triadic

#49B49F #9F49B4 #B49F49

tetradic

#49B49F #6A49B4 #B4495E #94B449

square

#49B49F #6A49B4 #B4495E #94B449

split-complementary

#49B49F #B44994 #B46A49

monochromatic

#265D52 #378879 #49B49F #74C7B6 #9FD8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49B49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#49B49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B49F

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B49F	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)

#ADAA9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.103 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbbb',
    500: '#49b49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b49f;
$custom-light: #86cbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.224,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70206,
    "c": 0.10315,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.36562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B49F

secondary

#C5949E

accent

#566ED2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B49F

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

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