#49B899#49B899

#49B899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B899
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(163, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -39.09, 6.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 39.61, 170.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.1102 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.111 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6352, 37.9948, 36.1136)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B899 #B84968

analogous

#49B861 #49B899 #49A0B8

triadic

#49B899 #9949B8 #B89949

tetradic

#49B899 #6149B8 #B84968 #A0B849

square

#49B899 #6149B8 #B84968 #A0B849

split-complementary

#49B899 #B849A0 #B86149

monochromatic

#266150 #378D75 #49B899 #75C9B2 #A1DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#49B899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#49B899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B899

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B899	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ceb7',
    500: '#49b899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b899;
$custom-light: #87ceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.243,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71028,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B899

secondary

#C796A3

accent

#5478D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B899

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

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