#49B79C#49B79C

#49B79C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.108 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B79C
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 14.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -37.91, 4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 38.17, 173.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.1077 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.108 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6791, 37.6811, 37.3659)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B79C #B74964

analogous

#49B765 #49B79C #499BB7

triadic

#49B79C #9C49B7 #B79C49

tetradic

#49B79C #6549B7 #B74964 #9BB749

square

#49B79C #6549B7 #B74964 #9BB749

split-complementary

#49B79C #B7499B #B76549

monochromatic

#266052 #378C77 #49B79C #75C8B4 #A1DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#49B79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B79C

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B79C	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.108 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdb9',
    500: '#49b79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b79c;
$custom-light: #87cdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.273,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70864,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B79C

secondary

#C695A1

accent

#5574D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B79C

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

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