#49B0BF#49B0BF

#49B0BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.096 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B0BF
RGB	rgb(73, 176, 191)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -25.04, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 30.00, 213.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0847 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.096 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6730, 36.2258, 54.8140)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B0BF #BF5849

analogous

#49BF93 #49B0BF #4975BF

triadic

#49B0BF #BF49B0 #B0BF49

tetradic

#49B0BF #9349BF #BF5849 #75BF49

square

#49B0BF #9349BF #BF5849 #75BF49

split-complementary

#49B0BF #BF4975 #BF9349

monochromatic

#256069 #358A96 #49B0BF #76C4CF #A4D7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#49B0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#49B0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B0BF

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B0BF	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 176, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.096 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8d2',
    500: '#49b0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b0bf;
$custom-light: #88c8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.627,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70318,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B0BF

secondary

#CC9F98

accent

#6150D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B0BF

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

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