#49B79A#49B79A

#49B79A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.110 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B79A
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 154)
HSL	hsl(164, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 15.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -38.40, 5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 38.79, 171.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.1087 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.11 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5111, 37.6139, 36.4814)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B79A #B74966

analogous

#49B763 #49B79A #499DB7

triadic

#49B79A #9A49B7 #B79A49

tetradic

#49B79A #6349B7 #B74966 #9DB749

square

#49B79A #6349B7 #B74966 #9DB749

split-complementary

#49B79A #B7499D #B76349

monochromatic

#266050 #378C75 #49B79A #75C8B2 #A1DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#49B79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B79A

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B79A	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#B1AC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.110 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdb7',
    500: '#49b79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b79a;
$custom-light: #87cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.182,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70807,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B79A

secondary

#C695A2

accent

#5576D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B79A

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

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