#49B696#49B696

#49B696 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B696
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 17.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -38.92, 7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 39.56, 169.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.1094 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.111 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9780, 37.0719, 34.6875)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B696 #B64969

analogous

#49B65F #49B696 #49A0B6

triadic

#49B696 #9649B6 #B69649

tetradic

#49B696 #5F49B6 #B64969 #A0B649

square

#49B696 #5F49B6 #B64969 #A0B649

split-complementary

#49B696 #B649A0 #B65F49

monochromatic

#265F4E #378A72 #49B696 #75C8AF #A0D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49B696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#49B696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B696

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B696	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccb4',
    500: '#49b696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b696;
$custom-light: #86ccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.385,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70445,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B696

secondary

#C695A3

accent

#557AD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B696

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

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