#49BB97#49BB97

#49BB97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.117 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BB97
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 151)
HSL	hsl(161, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -40.90, 8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 41.83, 167.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.1144 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.117 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1011, 39.1888, 35.4608)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BB97 #BB496D

analogous

#49BB5E #49BB97 #49A6BB

triadic

#49BB97 #9749BB #BB9749

tetradic

#49BB97 #5E49BB #BB496D #A6BB49

square

#49BB97 #5E49BB #BB496D #A6BB49

split-complementary

#49BB97 #BB49A6 #BB5E49

monochromatic

#256450 #369174 #49BB97 #76CCB0 #A2DCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#49BB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#49BB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BB97

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BB97	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.117 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0b5',
    500: '#49bb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bb97;
$custom-light: #87d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.053,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71722,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BB97

secondary

#C997A7

accent

#537CD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BB97

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

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