#49BB99#49BB99

#49BB99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BB99
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(162, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -40.43, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 41.16, 169.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.1134 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.115 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2649, 39.2543, 36.3235)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BB99 #BB496B

analogous

#49BB60 #49BB99 #49A4BB

triadic

#49BB99 #9949BB #BB9949

tetradic

#49BB99 #6049BB #BB496B #A4BB49

square

#49BB99 #6049BB #BB496B #A4BB49

split-complementary

#49BB99 #BB49A4 #BB6049

monochromatic

#256451 #369176 #49BB99 #76CCB2 #A2DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49BB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#49BB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BB99

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BB99	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0b7',
    500: '#49bb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bb99;
$custom-light: #87d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.105,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71776,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BB99

secondary

#C997A6

accent

#537AD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BB99

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

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