#49BB98#49BB98

#49BB98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.116 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BB98
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 152)
HSL	hsl(162, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -40.66, 8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 41.49, 168.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.1139 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.116 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1827, 39.2214, 35.8903)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BB98 #BB496C

analogous

#49BB5F #49BB98 #49A5BB

triadic

#49BB98 #9849BB #BB9849

tetradic

#49BB98 #5F49BB #BB496C #A5BB49

square

#49BB98 #5F49BB #BB496C #A5BB49

split-complementary

#49BB98 #BB49A5 #BB5F49

monochromatic

#256451 #369175 #49BB98 #76CCB1 #A2DCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49BB98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#49BB98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BB98

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BB98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BB98	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#B6AF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bb98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.116 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0b6',
    500: '#49bb98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bb98;
$custom-light: #87d0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bb98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.579,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71749,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BB98

secondary

#C997A6

accent

#537BD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BB98

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

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