#49BD8E#49BD8E

#49BD8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.126 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BD8E
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 142)
HSL	hsl(156, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 24.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -43.83, 14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 46.08, 162.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.1207 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.126 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8252, 39.7620, 31.8998)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BD8E #BD4978

analogous

#49BD54 #49BD8E #49B2BD

triadic

#49BD8E #8E49BD #BD8E49

tetradic

#49BD8E #5449BD #BD4978 #B2BD49

square

#49BD8E #5449BD #BD4978 #B2BD49

split-complementary

#49BD8E #BD49B2 #BD5449

monochromatic

#25664C #35936D #49BD8E #76CDAA #A3DEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#49BD8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#49BD8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BD8E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BD8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BD8E	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB08B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bd8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.126 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1af',
    500: '#49bd8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bd8e;
$custom-light: #87d1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bd8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.69,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71992,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BD8E

secondary

#CA97AC

accent

#5187D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BD8E

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

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