#49B987#49B987

#49B987 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 161.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B987
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 135)
HSL	hsl(153, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(153, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 27%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -43.65, 16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 46.52, 159.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.1197 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.127 161.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4675, 37.8612, 28.9355)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B987 #B9497B

analogous

#49B94F #49B987 #49B3B9

triadic

#49B987 #8749B9 #B98749

tetradic

#49B987 #4F49B9 #B9497B #B3B949

square

#49B987 #4F49B9 #B9497B #B3B949

split-complementary

#49B987 #B949B3 #B94F49

monochromatic

#266247 #378E67 #49B987 #75CAA4 #A1DBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#49B987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#49B987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B987

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B987	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 161.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfaa',
    500: '#49b987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b987;
$custom-light: #86cfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.214,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70813,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 161.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B987

secondary

#C896AC

accent

#548DD4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B987

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

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