#49BB9B#49BB9B

#49BB9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BB9B
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 155)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -39.95, 6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 40.50, 170.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.1125 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.114 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4315, 39.3210, 37.2007)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BB9B #BB4969

analogous

#49BB62 #49BB9B #49A2BB

triadic

#49BB9B #9B49BB #BB9B49

tetradic

#49BB9B #6249BB #BB4969 #A2BB49

square

#49BB9B #6249BB #BB4969 #A2BB49

split-complementary

#49BB9B #BB49A2 #BB6249

monochromatic

#256453 #369177 #49BB9B #76CCB3 #A2DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49BB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#49BB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BB9B

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BB9B	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0b8',
    500: '#49bb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bb9b;
$custom-light: #87d0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.158,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71832,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BB9B

secondary

#C997A5

accent

#5377D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BB9B

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

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