Exploring the Color #49BD9E

#49BD9E sits at 164° on the color wheel, placing it in the spring green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 47% saturation and 51% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, balanced tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 73, 189, 158 produces a 9.06:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #49BD9E is a distant relative of CSS turquoise — about 62 units away from #40E0D0. Designers reach for spring green hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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