#49B897#49B897

#49B897 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.113 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B897
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 151)
HSL	hsl(162, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 17.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -39.57, 7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 40.27, 169.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.1111 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.113 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4714, 37.9292, 35.2509)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B897 #B8496A

analogous

#49B85F #49B897 #49A2B8

triadic

#49B897 #9749B8 #B89749

tetradic

#49B897 #5F49B8 #B8496A #A2B849

square

#49B897 #5F49B8 #B8496A #A2B849

split-complementary

#49B897 #B849A2 #B85F49

monochromatic

#26614F #378D73 #49B897 #75C9B0 #A1DAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#49B897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#49B897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B897

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B897	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.113 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ceb5',
    500: '#49b897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b897;
$custom-light: #87ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.162,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70972,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B897

secondary

#C796A4

accent

#547AD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B897

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

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