#49B59D#49B59D

#49B59D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.105 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B59D
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 13.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -36.75, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 36.87, 175.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.1051 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.105 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3545, 36.8960, 37.6772)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B59D #B54961

analogous

#49B567 #49B59D #4997B5

triadic

#49B59D #9D49B5 #B59D49

tetradic

#49B59D #6749B5 #B54961 #97B549

square

#49B59D #6749B5 #B54961 #97B549

split-complementary

#49B59D #B54997 #B56749

monochromatic

#265E51 #378977 #49B59D #74C7B5 #A0D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#49B59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#49B59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B59D

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B59D	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.105 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccb9',
    500: '#49b59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b59d;
$custom-light: #86ccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70395,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B59D

secondary

#C5949F

accent

#5571D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B59D

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

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