#49B59E#49B59E

#49B59E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.105 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B59E
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 12.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -36.50, 2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 36.59, 176.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.1046 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.105 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4402, 36.9303, 38.1287)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B59E #B54960

analogous

#49B568 #49B59E #4996B5

triadic

#49B59E #9E49B5 #B59E49

tetradic

#49B59E #6849B5 #B54960 #96B549

square

#49B59E #6849B5 #B54960 #96B549

split-complementary

#49B59E #B54996 #B56849

monochromatic

#265E52 #378978 #49B59E #74C7B5 #A0D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49B59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#49B59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B59E

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B59E	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.105 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccba',
    500: '#49b59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b59e;
$custom-light: #87ccba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.222,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70425,
    "c": 0.10482,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B59E

secondary

#C5949F

accent

#5570D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B59E

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

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