#49B99D#49B99D

#49B99D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B99D
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 15.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -38.56, 4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 38.86, 172.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.1094 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.11 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1795, 38.5460, 37.9522)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B99D #B94965

analogous

#49B965 #49B99D #499DB9

triadic

#49B99D #9D49B9 #B99D49

tetradic

#49B99D #6549B9 #B94965 #9DB949

square

#49B99D #6549B9 #B94965 #9DB949

split-complementary

#49B99D #B9499D #B96549

monochromatic

#266253 #378E78 #49B99D #75CAB5 #A1DBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#49B99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B99D

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B99D	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ceb9',
    500: '#49b99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b99d;
$custom-light: #87ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7139,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B99D

secondary

#C896A2

accent

#5474D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B99D

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

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