#49BA96#49BA96

#49BA96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BA96
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 19.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -40.70, 8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 41.64, 167.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.1138 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.116 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8089, 38.7337, 34.9645)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BA96 #BA496D

analogous

#49BA5D #49BA96 #49A5BA

triadic

#49BA96 #9649BA #BA9649

tetradic

#49BA96 #5D49BA #BA496D #A5BA49

square

#49BA96 #5D49BA #BA496D #A5BA49

split-complementary

#49BA96 #BA49A5 #BA5D49

monochromatic

#26634F #368F73 #49BA96 #75CBB0 #A2DCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#49BA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#49BA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BA96

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BA96	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ba96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfb4',
    500: '#49ba96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ba96;
$custom-light: #87cfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ba96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.885,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71445,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BA96

secondary

#C896A6

accent

#537CD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BA96

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

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