#49B590#49B590

#49B590 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B590
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 144)
HSL	hsl(159, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 20.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -39.89, 9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 41.06, 166.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.1112 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.114 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3031, 36.4754, 32.1398)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B590 #B5496E

analogous

#49B55A #49B590 #49A4B5

triadic

#49B590 #9049B5 #B59049

tetradic

#49B590 #5A49B5 #B5496E #A4B549

square

#49B590 #5A49B5 #B5496E #A4B549

split-complementary

#49B590 #B549A4 #B55A49

monochromatic

#265E4B #37896D #49B590 #74C7AB #A0D9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49B590 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#49B590 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B590

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B590	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B590	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)

#B1A98E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19E92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccb0',
    500: '#49b590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b590;
$custom-light: #86ccb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.444,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70032,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B590

secondary

#C594A5

accent

#5580D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B590

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

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