#49B591#49B591

#49B591 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.113 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B591
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 145)
HSL	hsl(160, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 19.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -39.66, 9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 40.72, 166.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.1107 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.113 168)
XYZ	xyz(24.3799, 36.5061, 32.5441)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B591 #B5496D

analogous

#49B55B #49B591 #49A3B5

triadic

#49B591 #9149B5 #B59149

tetradic

#49B591 #5B49B5 #B5496D #A3B549

square

#49B591 #5B49B5 #B5496D #A3B549

split-complementary

#49B591 #B549A3 #B55B49

monochromatic

#265E4B #37896E #49B591 #74C7AB #A0D9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49B591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#49B591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B591

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B591	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)

#B1A98F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.113 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccb1',
    500: '#49b591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b591;
$custom-light: #86ccb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70058,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.36509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B591

secondary

#C594A5

accent

#557FD2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B591

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

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