#49C379#49C379

#49C379 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.153 H 153.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C379
RGB	rgb(73, 195, 121)
HSL	hsl(144, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(144, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 37.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -50.55, 27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 57.51, 151.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.1368 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.153 153.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7118, 41.8246, 24.8034)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C379 #C34993

analogous

#56C349 #49C379 #49C3B6

triadic

#49C379 #7949C3 #C37949

tetradic

#49C379 #4956C3 #C34993 #C3B649

square

#49C379 #4956C3 #C34993 #C3B649

split-complementary

#49C379 #B649C3 #C34956

monochromatic

#246E41 #339C5C #49C379 #77D29B #A5E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49C379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#49C379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C379

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C379	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 195, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.153 153.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6a0',
    500: '#49c379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c379;
$custom-light: #88d6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.607,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73048,
    "c": 0.153,
    "h": 153.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C379

secondary

#CE99BA

accent

#4EA3DA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C379

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

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