#49B79E#49B79E

#49B79E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.107 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B79E
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 13.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -37.41, 3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 37.57, 174.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.1068 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.107 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8498, 37.7494, 38.2652)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B79E #B74962

analogous

#49B767 #49B79E #4999B7

triadic

#49B79E #9E49B7 #B79E49

tetradic

#49B79E #6749B7 #B74962 #99B749

square

#49B79E #6749B7 #B74962 #99B749

split-complementary

#49B79E #B74999 #B76749

monochromatic

#266053 #378C78 #49B79E #75C8B5 #A1DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#49B79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B79E

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B79E	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.107 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdba',
    500: '#49b79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b79e;
$custom-light: #87cdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.364,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70922,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B79E

secondary

#C695A0

accent

#5571D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B79E

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

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