#49B896#49B896

#49B896 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B896
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -39.81, 7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 40.60, 168.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.1116 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.113 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3905, 37.8969, 34.8250)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B896 #B8496B

analogous

#49B85E #49B896 #49A2B8

triadic

#49B896 #9649B8 #B89649

tetradic

#49B896 #5E49B8 #B8496B #A2B849

square

#49B896 #5E49B8 #B8496B #A2B849

split-complementary

#49B896 #B849A2 #B85E49

monochromatic

#26614F #378D73 #49B896 #75C9AF #A1DAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#49B896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#49B896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B896

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B896	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ceb4',
    500: '#49b896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b896;
$custom-light: #87ceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.622,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70945,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B896

secondary

#C796A5

accent

#547BD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B896

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

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