#49C997#49C997

#49C997 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.135 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C997
RGB	rgb(73, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(157, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 24.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -46.90, 14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 49.18, 162.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.1292 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.135 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2173, 45.4210, 36.4995)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C997 #C9497B

analogous

#49C957 #49C997 #49BBC9

triadic

#49C997 #9749C9 #C99749

tetradic

#49C997 #5749C9 #C9497B #BBC949

square

#49C997 #5749C9 #C9497B #BBC949

split-complementary

#49C997 #C949BB #C95749

monochromatic

#237555 #31A477 #49C997 #78D7B2 #A7E5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#49C997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#49C997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C997

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C997	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.135 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dab5',
    500: '#49c997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c997;
$custom-light: #89dab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.563,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7522,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C997

secondary

#D29CB1

accent

#4A84DE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C997

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

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