#49B2BD#49B2BD

#49B2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.097 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2BD
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -26.63, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 30.38, 208.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0877 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.097 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8495, 36.9285, 53.7945)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2BD #BD5449

analogous

#49BD8E #49B2BD #4978BD

triadic

#49B2BD #BD49B2 #B2BD49

tetradic

#49B2BD #8E49BD #BD5449 #78BD49

square

#49B2BD #8E49BD #BD5449 #78BD49

split-complementary

#49B2BD #BD4978 #BD8E49

monochromatic

#256066 #358A93 #49B2BD #76C5CD #A3D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49B2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#49B2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2BD

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2BD	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.097 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9d0',
    500: '#49b2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2bd;
$custom-light: #88c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.69,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70724,
    "c": 0.09658,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2BD

secondary

#CA9C97

accent

#5E51D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2BD

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

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