#49B0BC#49B0BC

#49B0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.096 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0BC
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -25.92, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 29.96, 210.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.086 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.096 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3463, 36.0951, 53.0931)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0BC #BC5549

analogous

#49BC8E #49B0BC #4976BC

triadic

#49B0BC #BC49B0 #B0BC49

tetradic

#49B0BC #8E49BC #BC5549 #76BC49

square

#49B0BC #8E49BC #BC5549 #76BC49

split-complementary

#49B0BC #BC4976 #BC8E49

monochromatic

#255F65 #368892 #49B0BC #76C3CC #A2D7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#49B0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#49B0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0BC

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0BC	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.096 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8d0',
    500: '#49b0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0bc;
$custom-light: #88c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.261,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70205,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0BC

secondary

#CA9C97

accent

#6052D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0BC

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

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