#49B879#49B879

#49B879 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.138 H 155.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B879
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 121)
HSL	hsl(146, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(146, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 34.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -46.10, 22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 51.45, 153.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.1252 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.138 155.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3374, 37.0756, 24.0119)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B879 #B84988

analogous

#50B849 #49B879 #49B8B1

triadic

#49B879 #7949B8 #B87949

tetradic

#49B879 #4950B8 #B84988 #B8B149

square

#49B879 #4950B8 #B84988 #B8B149

split-complementary

#49B879 #B149B8 #B84950

monochromatic

#26613F #378D5C #49B879 #75C999 #A1DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49B879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#49B879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B879

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B879	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EB6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.138 155.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cea0',
    500: '#49b879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b879;
$custom-light: #86cea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.946,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70244,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 155.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B879

secondary

#C796B2

accent

#549DD4

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B879

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

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