#49C09B#49C09B

#49C09B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.120 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C09B
RGB	rgb(73, 192, 155)
HSL	hsl(161, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 19.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -42.15, 8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 43.07, 168.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.1179 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.12 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5108, 41.4794, 37.5605)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C09B #C0496E

analogous

#49C060 #49C09B #49A9C0

triadic

#49C09B #9B49C0 #C09B49

tetradic

#49C09B #6049C0 #C0496E #A9C049

square

#49C09B #6049C0 #C0496E #A9C049

split-complementary

#49C09B #C049A9 #C06049

monochromatic

#256A54 #349779 #49C09B #76D0B4 #A4DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49C09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#49C09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C09B

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C09B	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 192, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.120 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d4b8',
    500: '#49c09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c09b;
$custom-light: #88d4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.345,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73077,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C09B

secondary

#CC98A9

accent

#507AD8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C09B

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

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