#49B598#49B598

#49B598 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.108 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B598
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 152)
HSL	hsl(164, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 16%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -37.99, 5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 38.40, 171.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.1074 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.108 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9363, 36.7287, 35.4749)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B598 #B54966

analogous

#49B562 #49B598 #499CB5

triadic

#49B598 #9849B5 #B59849

tetradic

#49B598 #6249B5 #B54966 #9CB549

square

#49B598 #6249B5 #B54966 #9CB549

split-complementary

#49B598 #B5499C #B56249

monochromatic

#265E4F #378973 #49B598 #74C7B1 #A0D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#49B598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#49B598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B598

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B598	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.108 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccb6',
    500: '#49b598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b598;
$custom-light: #86ccb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.889,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70251,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B598

secondary

#C594A2

accent

#5577D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B598

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

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