#49B2B3#49B2B3

#49B2B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.096 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2B3
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 179)
HSL	hsl(181, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -29.48, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 30.99, 197.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0919 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.096 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8012, 36.5092, 48.2736)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2B3 #B34A49

analogous

#49B37F #49B2B3 #497DB3

triadic

#49B2B3 #B349B2 #B2B349

tetradic

#49B2B3 #7F49B3 #B34A49 #7DB349

square

#49B2B3 #7F49B3 #B34A49 #7DB349

split-complementary

#49B2B3 #B3497D #B37F49

monochromatic

#265C5C #378788 #49B2B3 #73C5C6 #9FD7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49B2B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#49B2B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2B3

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2B3	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)

#A7AAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.096 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9c9',
    500: '#49b2b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2b3;
$custom-light: #88c9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.566,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70364,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2B3

secondary

#C49493

accent

#5756D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2B3

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

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