#49B89D#49B89D

#49B89D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.109 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B89D
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 14.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -38.11, 4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 38.36, 173.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.1083 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.109 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9711, 38.1291, 37.8827)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B89D #B84964

analogous

#49B865 #49B89D #499CB8

triadic

#49B89D #9D49B8 #B89D49

tetradic

#49B89D #6549B8 #B84964 #9CB849

square

#49B89D #6549B8 #B84964 #9CB849

split-complementary

#49B89D #B8499C #B86549

monochromatic

#266152 #378D78 #49B89D #75C9B5 #A1DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#49B89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#49B89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B89D

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B89D	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.109 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ceb9',
    500: '#49b89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b89d;
$custom-light: #87ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.405,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71141,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B89D

secondary

#C796A2

accent

#5473D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B89D

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

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