#49BD99#49BD99

#49BD99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.118 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BD99
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -41.31, 8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 42.19, 168.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1156 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.118 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6922, 40.1088, 36.4659)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BD99 #BD496D

analogous

#49BD5F #49BD99 #49A7BD

triadic

#49BD99 #9949BD #BD9949

tetradic

#49BD99 #5F49BD #BD496D #A7BD49

square

#49BD99 #5F49BD #BD496D #A7BD49

split-complementary

#49BD99 #BD49A7 #BD5F49

monochromatic

#256652 #359376 #49BD99 #76CDB2 #A3DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49BD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#49BD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BD99

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BD99	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.118 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1b7',
    500: '#49bd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bd99;
$custom-light: #87d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.379,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72276,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BD99

secondary

#CA97A7

accent

#517BD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BD99

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

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