#49B989#49B989

#49B989 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B989
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 137)
HSL	hsl(154, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 25.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -43.21, 15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 45.77, 160.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.1188 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.125 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6096, 37.9181, 29.6841)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B989 #B94979

analogous

#49B951 #49B989 #49B1B9

triadic

#49B989 #8949B9 #B98949

tetradic

#49B989 #5149B9 #B94979 #B1B949

square

#49B989 #5149B9 #B94979 #B1B949

split-complementary

#49B989 #B949B1 #B95149

monochromatic

#266248 #378E69 #49B989 #75CAA6 #A1DBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#49B989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#49B989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B989

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B989	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AC86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A18C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfab',
    500: '#49b989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b989;
$custom-light: #86cfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70861,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B989

secondary

#C896AB

accent

#548BD4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B989

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →