#49B978#49B978

#49B978 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.140 H 154.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B978
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(145, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(145, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 35.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -46.71, 23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 52.41, 153.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.1267 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.14 154.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4848, 37.4682, 23.7601)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B978 #B9498A

analogous

#52B949 #49B978 #49B9B0

triadic

#49B978 #7849B9 #B97849

tetradic

#49B978 #4952B9 #B9498A #B9B049

square

#49B978 #4952B9 #B9498A #B9B049

split-complementary

#49B978 #B049B9 #B94952

monochromatic

#26623F #378E5B #49B978 #75CA99 #A1DBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#49B978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#49B978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B978

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B978	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EB7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.140 154.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cf9f',
    500: '#49b978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b978;
$custom-light: #86cf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.179,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70479,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 154.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B978

secondary

#C896B3

accent

#549ED4

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B978

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

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