#49B0BA#49B0BA

#49B0BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.095 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0BA
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 186)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -26.50, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 29.98, 207.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0868 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.095 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1322, 36.0095, 51.9655)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0BA #BA5349

analogous

#49BA8B #49B0BA #4977BA

triadic

#49B0BA #BA49B0 #B0BA49

tetradic

#49B0BA #8B49BA #BA5349 #77BA49

square

#49B0BA #8B49BA #BA5349 #77BA49

split-complementary

#49B0BA #BA4977 #BA8B49

monochromatic

#265E63 #36888F #49B0BA #75C3CB #A2D7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#49B0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#49B0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0BA

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0BA	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.095 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8ce',
    500: '#49b0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0ba;
$custom-light: #88c8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.31,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7013,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0BA

secondary

#C89B96

accent

#5F53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0BA

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

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