#49B79D#49B79D

#49B79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.108 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B79D
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 157)
HSL	hsl(166, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 14.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -37.66, 3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 37.86, 174.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.1073 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.108 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7641, 37.7151, 37.8137)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B79D #B74963

analogous

#49B766 #49B79D #499AB7

triadic

#49B79D #9D49B7 #B79D49

tetradic

#49B79D #6649B7 #B74963 #9AB749

square

#49B79D #6649B7 #B74963 #9AB749

split-complementary

#49B79D #B7499A #B76649

monochromatic

#266052 #378C78 #49B79D #75C8B5 #A1DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#49B79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B79D

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B79D	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)

#B1AC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.108 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdb9',
    500: '#49b79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b79d;
$custom-light: #87cdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.818,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70892,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B79D

secondary

#C695A1

accent

#5573D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B79D

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

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