#49B799#49B799

#49B799 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.110 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B799
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 153)
HSL	hsl(164, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 16.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -38.64, 5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 39.10, 171.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.1091 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.11 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4282, 37.5808, 36.0446)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B799 #B74967

analogous

#49B762 #49B799 #499EB7

triadic

#49B799 #9949B7 #B79949

tetradic

#49B799 #6249B7 #B74967 #9EB749

square

#49B799 #6249B7 #B74967 #9EB749

split-complementary

#49B799 #B7499E #B76249

monochromatic

#266050 #378C75 #49B799 #75C8B2 #A1DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#49B799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#49B799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B799

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B799	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.110 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdb7',
    500: '#49b799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b799;
$custom-light: #87cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70778,
    "c": 0.11018,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B799

secondary

#C695A3

accent

#5577D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B799

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

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