#49B59A#49B59A

#49B59A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.107 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B59A
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 154)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 14.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -37.50, 4.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 37.77, 173.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.1065 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.107 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1015, 36.7948, 36.3448)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B59A #B54964

analogous

#49B564 #49B59A #499AB5

triadic

#49B59A #9A49B5 #B59A49

tetradic

#49B59A #6449B5 #B54964 #9AB549

square

#49B59A #6449B5 #B54964 #9AB549

split-complementary

#49B59A #B5499A #B56449

monochromatic

#265E50 #378975 #49B59A #74C7B2 #A0D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#49B59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#49B59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B59A

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B59A	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.107 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccb7',
    500: '#49b59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b59a;
$custom-light: #86ccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70308,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B59A

secondary

#C594A1

accent

#5575D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B59A

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

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