#49B79B#49B79B

#49B79B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.109 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B79B
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 155)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 15.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -38.15, 4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 38.47, 172.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.1082 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.109 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5947, 37.6474, 36.9218)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B79B #B74965

analogous

#49B764 #49B79B #499CB7

triadic

#49B79B #9B49B7 #B79B49

tetradic

#49B79B #6449B7 #B74965 #9CB749

square

#49B79B #6449B7 #B74965 #9CB749

split-complementary

#49B79B #B7499C #B76449

monochromatic

#266051 #378C76 #49B79B #75C8B3 #A1DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#49B79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B79B

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B79B	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.109 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdb8',
    500: '#49b79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b79b;
$custom-light: #87cdb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.727,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70835,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B79B

secondary

#C695A2

accent

#5575D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B79B

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

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