#49C79D#49C79D

#49C79D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.127 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49C79D
RGBrgb(73, 199, 157)
HSLhsl(160, 53%, 53%)
HSVhsv(160, 63%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(63.3%, 0%, 21.1%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(72.69, -44.70, 10.91)
CIE-LCHlch(72.69, 46.01, 166.29°)
OKLaboklab(74.87% -0.1243 0.0279)
OKLCHoklch(74.87% 0.127 167.3)
XYZxyz(29.2538, 44.6945, 38.9770)
Luminance0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49C79D #C74973
analogous
#49C75E #49C79D #49B2C7
triadic
#49C79D #9D49C7 #C79D49
tetradic
#49C79D #5E49C7 #C74973 #B2C749
square
#49C79D #5E49C7 #C74973 #B2C749
split-complementary
#49C79D #C749B2 #C75E49
monochromatic
#237258 #32A17C #49C79D #78D5B6 #A7E4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11
#49C79D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94
#49C79D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C79D
9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49C79D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49C79D1.002.119.949.94
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9421.001.001.00
##0000009.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2BA9B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1ADA0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49c79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 199, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.127 167.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9ba',
    500: '#49c79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49c79d;
$custom-light: #89d9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49c79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74873,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49C79D
secondary
#D19BAD
accent
#4B7CDC
background
#F9FDFB
surface
#F1FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0D1511
muted
#7E8380

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#49C79D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva