#49B596#49B596

#49B596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.110 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B596
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -38.47, 6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 39.04, 170.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.1083 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.11 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7739, 36.6637, 34.6195)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B596 #B54968

analogous

#49B560 #49B596 #499EB5

triadic

#49B596 #9649B5 #B59649

tetradic

#49B596 #6049B5 #B54968 #9EB549

square

#49B596 #6049B5 #B54968 #9EB549

split-complementary

#49B596 #B5499E #B56049

monochromatic

#265E4E #378972 #49B596 #74C7AF #A0D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#49B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#49B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B596

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B596	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.110 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccb4',
    500: '#49b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b596;
$custom-light: #86ccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.778,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70195,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B596

secondary

#C594A2

accent

#5579D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B596

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

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