#49B2BC#49B2BC

#49B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.096 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2BC
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -26.92, -14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 30.39, 207.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0881 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.096 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7413, 36.8852, 53.2248)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2BC #BC5349

analogous

#49BC8C #49B2BC #4978BC

triadic

#49B2BC #BC49B2 #B2BC49

tetradic

#49B2BC #8C49BC #BC5349 #78BC49

square

#49B2BC #8C49BC #BC5349 #78BC49

split-complementary

#49B2BC #BC4978 #BC8C49

monochromatic

#256065 #368A92 #49B2BC #76C5CC #A2D8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#49B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#49B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2BC

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2BC	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.096 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9d0',
    500: '#49b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2bc;
$custom-light: #88c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70687,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2BC

secondary

#CA9B97

accent

#5D52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2BC

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

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