#49BB9D#49BB9D

#49BB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BB9D
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -39.46, 5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 39.87, 171.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.1116 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.113 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6009, 39.3887, 38.0927)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BB9D #BB4967

analogous

#49BB64 #49BB9D #49A0BB

triadic

#49BB9D #9D49BB #BB9D49

tetradic

#49BB9D #6449BB #BB4967 #A0BB49

square

#49BB9D #6449BB #BB4967 #A0BB49

split-complementary

#49BB9D #BB49A0 #BB6449

monochromatic

#256454 #369179 #49BB9D #76CCB5 #A2DCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49BB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#49BB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BB9D

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BB9D	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0b9',
    500: '#49bb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bb9d;
$custom-light: #87d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.211,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71887,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BB9D

secondary

#C997A4

accent

#5375D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BB9D

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

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