#49B89E#49B89E

#49B89E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B89E
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -37.87, 3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 38.06, 174.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.1079 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.108 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0568, 38.1634, 38.3342)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B89E #B84963

analogous

#49B866 #49B89E #499AB8

triadic

#49B89E #9E49B8 #B89E49

tetradic

#49B89E #6649B8 #B84963 #9AB849

square

#49B89E #6649B8 #B84963 #9AB849

split-complementary

#49B89E #B8499A #B86649

monochromatic

#266153 #378D79 #49B89E #75C9B5 #A1DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#49B89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#49B89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B89E

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B89E	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)

#B2AD9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ceba',
    500: '#49b89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b89e;
$custom-light: #87ceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.946,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7117,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B89E

secondary

#C796A1

accent

#5472D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B89E

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

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