#49BB9F#49BB9F

#49BB9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.111 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BB9F
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 159)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -38.97, 4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 39.25, 173.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.1107 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.111 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7730, 39.4576, 38.9993)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BB9F #BB4965

analogous

#49BB66 #49BB9F #499EBB

triadic

#49BB9F #9F49BB #BB9F49

tetradic

#49BB9F #6649BB #BB4965 #9EBB49

square

#49BB9F #6649BB #BB4965 #9EBB49

split-complementary

#49BB9F #BB499E #BB6649

monochromatic

#256455 #36917A #49BB9F #76CCB6 #A2DCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#49BB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#49BB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BB9F

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BB9F	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.111 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0bb',
    500: '#49bb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bb9f;
$custom-light: #87d0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.263,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71944,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BB9F

secondary

#C997A3

accent

#5373D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BB9F

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

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