#49B89F#49B89F

#49B89F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B89F
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 13.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -37.62, 3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 37.76, 174.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.1074 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.108 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1432, 38.1980, 38.7894)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B89F #B84962

analogous

#49B867 #49B89F #499AB8

triadic

#49B89F #9F49B8 #B89F49

tetradic

#49B89F #6749B8 #B84962 #9AB849

square

#49B89F #6749B8 #B84962 #9AB849

split-complementary

#49B89F #B8499A #B86749

monochromatic

#266154 #378D7A #49B89F #75C9B6 #A1DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#49B89F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#49B89F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B89F

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B89F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B89F	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b89f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cebb',
    500: '#49b89f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b89f;
$custom-light: #87cebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b89f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.486,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71199,
    "c": 0.10775,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B89F

secondary

#C796A1

accent

#5471D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B89F

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

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