#49E159#49E159

#49E159 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.219 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49E159
RGB	rgb(73, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(126, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(126, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -66.17, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 85.33, 140.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.179 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.219 144.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4740, 55.9848, 18.5967)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49E159 #E149D1

analogous

#85E149 #49E159 #49E1A5

triadic

#49E159 #5949E1 #E15949

tetradic

#49E159 #4985E1 #E149D1 #E1A549

square

#49E159 #4985E1 #E149D1 #E1A549

split-complementary

#49E159 #A549E1 #E14985

monochromatic

#199726 #22CB33 #49E159 #7EEA89 #B2F2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#49E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#49E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49E159

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49E159	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16DBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.219 144.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eec8c',
    500: '#49e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49e159;
$custom-light: #8eec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.316,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80218,
    "c": 0.21911,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49E159

secondary

#9B3390

accent

#39DBEE

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49E159

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

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