#49BD96#49BD96

#49BD96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.120 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BD96
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -42.01, 10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 43.22, 166.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.117 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.12 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4475, 40.0110, 35.1773)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BD96 #BD4970

analogous

#49BD5C #49BD96 #49AABD

triadic

#49BD96 #9649BD #BD9649

tetradic

#49BD96 #5C49BD #BD4970 #AABD49

square

#49BD96 #5C49BD #BD4970 #AABD49

split-complementary

#49BD96 #BD49AA #BD5C49

monochromatic

#256650 #359374 #49BD96 #76CDB0 #A3DECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49BD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#49BD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BD96

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BD96	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.120 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b4',
    500: '#49bd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bd96;
$custom-light: #87d1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.828,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72196,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BD96

secondary

#CA97A9

accent

#517ED6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BD96

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

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