#49C596#49C596

#49C596 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.130 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C596
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(157, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -45.44, 13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 47.43, 163.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.1255 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.13 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2161, 43.5480, 35.7669)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C596 #C54978

analogous

#49C558 #49C596 #49B6C5

triadic

#49C596 #9649C5 #C59649

tetradic

#49C596 #5849C5 #C54978 #B6C549

square

#49C596 #5849C5 #C54978 #B6C549

split-complementary

#49C596 #C549B6 #C55849

monochromatic

#247053 #329E75 #49C596 #77D4B1 #A6E3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#49C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#49C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C596

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C596	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.130 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7b5',
    500: '#49c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c596;
$custom-light: #89d7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.258,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74196,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C596

secondary

#D09AAE

accent

#4D83DB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C596

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

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