#49B99B#49B99B

#49B99B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.111 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B99B
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 155)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 16.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -39.05, 5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 39.49, 171.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.1104 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.111 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0102, 38.4783, 37.0603)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B99B #B94967

analogous

#49B963 #49B99B #499FB9

triadic

#49B99B #9B49B9 #B99B49

tetradic

#49B99B #6349B9 #B94967 #9FB949

square

#49B99B #6349B9 #B94967 #9FB949

split-complementary

#49B99B #B9499F #B96349

monochromatic

#266252 #378E77 #49B99B #75CAB3 #A1DBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#49B99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B99B

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B99B	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.111 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ceb8',
    500: '#49b99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b99b;
$custom-light: #87ceb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.929,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71333,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B99B

secondary

#C896A3

accent

#5476D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B99B

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

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