#49B1BB#49B1BB

#49B1BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.096 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B1BB
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -26.71, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 30.18, 207.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0875 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.096 204)
XYZ	xyz(27.4357, 36.4457, 52.5929)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B1BB #BB5349

analogous

#49BB8C #49B1BB #4978BB

triadic

#49B1BB #BB49B1 #B1BB49

tetradic

#49B1BB #8C49BB #BB5349 #78BB49

square

#49B1BB #8C49BB #BB5349 #78BB49

split-complementary

#49B1BB #BB4978 #BB8C49

monochromatic

#255F64 #368991 #49B1BB #76C4CC #A2D7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49B1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#49B1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B1BB

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B1BB	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.096 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8cf',
    500: '#49b1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b1bb;
$custom-light: #88c8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.263,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70409,
    "c": 0.09574,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.36449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B1BB

secondary

#C99B97

accent

#5E53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B1BB

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

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