#49B2BB#49B2BB

#49B2BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.096 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2BB
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -27.21, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 30.42, 206.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0885 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.096 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6339, 36.8422, 52.6590)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2BB #BB5249

analogous

#49BB8B #49B2BB #4979BB

triadic

#49B2BB #BB49B2 #B2BB49

tetradic

#49B2BB #8B49BB #BB5249 #79BB49

square

#49B2BB #8B49BB #BB5249 #79BB49

split-complementary

#49B2BB #BB4979 #BB8B49

monochromatic

#255F64 #368A91 #49B2BB #76C5CC #A2D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#49B2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#49B2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2BB

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2BB	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.096 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9cf',
    500: '#49b2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2bb;
$custom-light: #88c9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7065,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2BB

secondary

#C99B97

accent

#5D53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2BB

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

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