#49B59C#49B59C

#49B59C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B59C
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(166, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 13.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -37.00, 3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 37.17, 174.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.1056 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.106 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2695, 36.8620, 37.2294)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B59C #B54962

analogous

#49B566 #49B59C #4998B5

triadic

#49B59C #9C49B5 #B59C49

tetradic

#49B59C #6649B5 #B54962 #98B549

square

#49B59C #6649B5 #B54962 #98B549

split-complementary

#49B59C #B54998 #B56649

monochromatic

#265E51 #378976 #49B59C #74C7B4 #A0D9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#49B59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#49B59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B59C

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B59C	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccb9',
    500: '#49b59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b59c;
$custom-light: #86ccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.111,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70366,
    "c": 0.10593,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B59C

secondary

#C594A0

accent

#5572D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B59C

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

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