#49BB8F#49BB8F

#49BB8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.123 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BB8F
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 143)
HSL	hsl(157, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 23.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -42.74, 12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 44.64, 163.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.1181 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.123 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4734, 38.9377, 32.1546)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BB8F #BB4975

analogous

#49BB56 #49BB8F #49AEBB

triadic

#49BB8F #8F49BB #BB8F49

tetradic

#49BB8F #5649BB #BB4975 #AEBB49

square

#49BB8F #5649BB #BB4975 #AEBB49

split-complementary

#49BB8F #BB49AE #BB5649

monochromatic

#25644C #36916E #49BB8F #76CCAA #A2DCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49BB8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#49BB8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BB8F

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BB8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BB8F	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)

#B8AE8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bb8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.123 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0af',
    500: '#49bb8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bb8f;
$custom-light: #87d0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bb8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.842,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71514,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BB8F

secondary

#C997AA

accent

#5385D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BB8F

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

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