#49B981#49B981

#49B981 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.132 H 158.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B981
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 129)
HSL	hsl(150, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(150, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 30.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -44.91, 19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 48.84, 156.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.1226 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.132 158.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0569, 37.6970, 26.7731)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B981 #B94981

analogous

#49B949 #49B981 #49B9B9

triadic

#49B981 #8149B9 #B98149

tetradic

#49B981 #4949B9 #B94981 #B9B949

square

#49B981 #4949B9 #B94981 #B9B949

split-complementary

#49B981 #B949B9 #B94949

monochromatic

#266244 #378E62 #49B981 #75CAA0 #A1DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#49B981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B981

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B981	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.132 158.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfa5',
    500: '#49b981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b981;
$custom-light: #86cfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70674,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 158.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B981

secondary

#C896AF

accent

#5494D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B981

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

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