#49B59F#49B59F

#49B59F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.104 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B59F
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 159)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 12.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -36.25, 2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 36.30, 176.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.1042 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.104 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5266, 36.9648, 38.5838)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B59F #B5495F

analogous

#49B569 #49B59F #4995B5

triadic

#49B59F #9F49B5 #B59F49

tetradic

#49B59F #6949B5 #B5495F #95B549

square

#49B59F #6949B5 #B5495F #95B549

split-complementary

#49B59F #B54995 #B56949

monochromatic

#265E52 #378979 #49B59F #74C7B6 #A0D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49B59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#49B59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B59F

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B59F	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)

#AEAB9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.104 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccbb',
    500: '#49b59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b59f;
$custom-light: #87ccbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.778,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70454,
    "c": 0.10428,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B59F

secondary

#C5949E

accent

#556FD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B59F

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

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