#49BB96#49BB96

#49BB96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.117 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BB96
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -41.14, 9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 42.17, 167.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1148 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.117 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0203, 39.1565, 35.0349)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BB96 #BB496E

analogous

#49BB5D #49BB96 #49A7BB

triadic

#49BB96 #9649BB #BB9649

tetradic

#49BB96 #5D49BB #BB496E #A7BB49

square

#49BB96 #5D49BB #BB496E #A7BB49

split-complementary

#49BB96 #BB49A7 #BB5D49

monochromatic

#256450 #369173 #49BB96 #76CCB0 #A2DCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#49BB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#49BB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BB96

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BB96	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.117 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0b4',
    500: '#49bb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bb96;
$custom-light: #87d0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.526,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71695,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BB96

secondary

#C997A7

accent

#537DD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BB96

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

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