#49BB8A#49BB8A

#49BB8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BB8A
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 138)
HSL	hsl(154, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -43.85, 15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 46.48, 160.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.1205 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.127 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1030, 38.7896, 30.2040)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BB8A #BB497A

analogous

#49BB51 #49BB8A #49B3BB

triadic

#49BB8A #8A49BB #BB8A49

tetradic

#49BB8A #5149BB #BB497A #B3BB49

square

#49BB8A #5149BB #BB497A #B3BB49

split-complementary

#49BB8A #BB49B3 #BB5149

monochromatic

#256449 #36916A #49BB8A #76CCA7 #A2DCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#49BB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#49BB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BB8A

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BB8A	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0ac',
    500: '#49bb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bb8a;
$custom-light: #87d0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.211,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7139,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BB8A

secondary

#C997AC

accent

#538BD5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BB8A

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

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