#49BB8E#49BB8E

#49BB8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.123 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BB8E
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 142)
HSL	hsl(156, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -42.97, 13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 45.00, 162.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.1186 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.123 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3980, 38.9075, 31.7574)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BB8E #BB4976

analogous

#49BB55 #49BB8E #49AFBB

triadic

#49BB8E #8E49BB #BB8E49

tetradic

#49BB8E #5549BB #BB4976 #AFBB49

square

#49BB8E #5549BB #BB4976 #AFBB49

split-complementary

#49BB8E #BB49AF #BB5549

monochromatic

#25644B #36916D #49BB8E #76CCAA #A2DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49BB8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#49BB8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BB8E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BB8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BB8E	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bb8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.123 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0af',
    500: '#49bb8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bb8e;
$custom-light: #87d0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bb8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.316,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71489,
    "c": 0.12344,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BB8E

secondary

#C997AB

accent

#5386D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BB8E

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

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