#49BE9D#49BE9D

#49BE9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BE9D
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 157)
HSL	hsl(163, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 17.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -40.79, 7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 41.39, 170.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.1148 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.116 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2440, 40.6749, 38.3070)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BE9D #BE496A

analogous

#49BE63 #49BE9D #49A5BE

triadic

#49BE9D #9D49BE #BE9D49

tetradic

#49BE9D #6349BE #BE496A #A5BE49

square

#49BE9D #6349BE #BE496A #A5BE49

split-complementary

#49BE9D #BE49A5 #BE6349

monochromatic

#256855 #35957A #49BE9D #76CEB5 #A3DECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#49BE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#49BE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BE9D

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BE9D	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49be9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2b9',
    500: '#49be9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49be9d;
$custom-light: #88d2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49be9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.077,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72634,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BE9D

secondary

#CB98A6

accent

#5177D7

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BE9D

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

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