#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
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 159)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 13.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -37.16, 2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 37.27, 175.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.1063 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.107 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9362, 37.7840, 38.7204)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##49B79F	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49B79F

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

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