#49B79F#49B79F

#49B79F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B79F
RGBrgb(73, 183, 159)
HSLhsl(167, 43%, 50%)
HSVhsv(167, 60%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(60.1%, 0%, 13.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.86, -37.16, 2.89)
CIE-LCHlch(67.86, 37.27, 175.55°)
OKLaboklab(70.95% -0.1063 0.0071)
OKLCHoklch(70.95% 0.107 176.2)
XYZxyz(25.9362, 37.7840, 38.7204)
Luminance0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B79F #B74961
analogous
#49B768 #49B79F #4998B7
triadic
#49B79F #9F49B7 #B79F49
tetradic
#49B79F #6849B7 #B74961 #98B749
square
#49B79F #6849B7 #B74961 #98B749
split-complementary
#49B79F #B74998 #B76849
monochromatic
#266053 #378C79 #49B79F #75C8B6 #A1DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45
#49B79F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56
#49B79F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B79F
8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B79F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B79F1.002.458.568.56
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5621.001.001.00
##0000008.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1AC9E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0A0A1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 176.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdbb',
    500: '#49b79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b79f;
$custom-light: #87cdbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.909,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70951,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B79F
secondary
#C695A0
accent
#5570D3
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F6
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0C1311
muted
#7D8280

Preview Lab

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#49B79F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva