#49B89B#49B89B

#49B89B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B89B
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 155)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 15.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -38.61, 5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 38.98, 172.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.1093 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.11 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8017, 38.0614, 36.9908)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B89B #B84966

analogous

#49B863 #49B89B #499EB8

triadic

#49B89B #9B49B8 #B89B49

tetradic

#49B89B #6349B8 #B84966 #9EB849

square

#49B89B #6349B8 #B84966 #9EB849

split-complementary

#49B89B #B8499E #B86349

monochromatic

#266151 #378D76 #49B89B #75C9B3 #A1DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#49B89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#49B89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B89B

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B89B	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ceb8',
    500: '#49b89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b89b;
$custom-light: #87ceb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.324,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71084,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B89B

secondary

#C796A3

accent

#5475D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B89B

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

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