#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
RGBrgb(73, 185, 157)
HSLhsl(165, 44%, 51%)
HSVhsv(165, 61%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(60.5%, 0%, 15.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.42, -38.56, 4.80)
CIE-LCHlch(68.42, 38.86, 172.90°)
OKLaboklab(71.39% -0.1094 0.0121)
OKLCHoklch(71.39% 0.11 173.7)
XYZxyz(26.1795, 38.5460, 37.9522)
Luminance0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##49B99D1.002.418.718.71
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7121.001.001.00
##0000008.7121.001.001.00

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

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#49B99D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva