#49BB9C#49BB9C

#49BB9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BB9C
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 156)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -39.70, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 40.18, 171.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.112 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.113 172)
XYZ	xyz(26.5158, 39.3547, 37.6449)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BB9C #BB4968

analogous

#49BB63 #49BB9C #49A1BB

triadic

#49BB9C #9C49BB #BB9C49

tetradic

#49BB9C #6349BB #BB4968 #A1BB49

square

#49BB9C #6349BB #BB4968 #A1BB49

split-complementary

#49BB9C #BB49A1 #BB6349

monochromatic

#256453 #369178 #49BB9C #76CCB4 #A2DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49BB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#49BB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BB9C

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BB9C	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0b9',
    500: '#49bb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bb9c;
$custom-light: #87d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.684,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71859,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.39357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BB9C

secondary

#C997A4

accent

#5376D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BB9C

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

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