#49B1BC#49B1BC

#49B1BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.096 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B1BC
RGB	rgb(73, 177, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -26.42, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 30.17, 208.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.087 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.096 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5431, 36.4887, 53.1587)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B1BC #BC5449

analogous

#49BC8D #49B1BC #4977BC

triadic

#49B1BC #BC49B1 #B1BC49

tetradic

#49B1BC #8D49BC #BC5449 #77BC49

square

#49B1BC #8D49BC #BC5449 #77BC49

split-complementary

#49B1BC #BC4977 #BC8D49

monochromatic

#255F65 #368992 #49B1BC #76C4CC #A2D7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49B1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#49B1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B1BC

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B1BC	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 177, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.096 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8d0',
    500: '#49b1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b1bc;
$custom-light: #88c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.739,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70446,
    "c": 0.09593,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B1BC

secondary

#CA9C97

accent

#5F52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B1BC

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

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