#49BA9D#49BA9D

#49BA9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.111 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BA9D
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 15.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -39.01, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 39.36, 172.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.1105 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.111 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3895, 38.9659, 38.0222)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BA9D #BA4966

analogous

#49BA64 #49BA9D #499EBA

triadic

#49BA9D #9D49BA #BA9D49

tetradic

#49BA9D #6449BA #BA4966 #9EBA49

square

#49BA9D #6449BA #BA4966 #9EBA49

split-complementary

#49BA9D #BA499E #BA6449

monochromatic

#266353 #368F79 #49BA9D #75CBB5 #A2DCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49BA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#49BA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BA9D

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BA9D	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AF9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ba9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.111 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfb9',
    500: '#49ba9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ba9d;
$custom-light: #87cfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ba9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.602,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71639,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BA9D

secondary

#C896A3

accent

#5374D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BA9D

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

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