#49BB8B#49BB8B

#49BB8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BB8B
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 139)
HSL	hsl(155, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -43.63, 14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 46.11, 161.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.12 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.126 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1758, 38.8187, 30.5871)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BB8B #BB4979

analogous

#49BB52 #49BB8B #49B2BB

triadic

#49BB8B #8B49BB #BB8B49

tetradic

#49BB8B #5249BB #BB4979 #B2BB49

square

#49BB8B #5249BB #BB4979 #B2BB49

split-complementary

#49BB8B #BB49B2 #BB5249

monochromatic

#25644A #36916B #49BB8B #76CCA7 #A2DCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#49BB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#49BB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BB8B

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BB8B	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)

#B8AE88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0ad',
    500: '#49bb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bb8b;
$custom-light: #87d0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.737,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71415,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BB8B

secondary

#C997AC

accent

#538AD5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BB8B

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

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