#49B797#49B797

#49B797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.112 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B797
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 151)
HSL	hsl(163, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 17.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -39.13, 7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 39.75, 169.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.1101 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.112 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2644, 37.5153, 35.1819)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B797 #B74969

analogous

#49B760 #49B797 #49A0B7

triadic

#49B797 #9749B7 #B79749

tetradic

#49B797 #6049B7 #B74969 #A0B749

square

#49B797 #6049B7 #B74969 #A0B749

split-complementary

#49B797 #B749A0 #B76049

monochromatic

#26604F #378C73 #49B797 #75C8B0 #A1DAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#49B797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#49B797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B797

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B797	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.112 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdb5',
    500: '#49b797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b797;
$custom-light: #87cdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.545,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70723,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B797

secondary

#C695A4

accent

#5579D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B797

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

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