#49B2BE#49B2BE

#49B2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.097 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2BE
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -26.33, -15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 30.37, 209.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0873 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.097 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9584, 36.9720, 54.3681)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2BE #BE5549

analogous

#49BE90 #49B2BE #4978BE

triadic

#49B2BE #BE49B2 #B2BE49

tetradic

#49B2BE #9049BE #BE5549 #78BE49

square

#49B2BE #9049BE #BE5549 #78BE49

split-complementary

#49B2BE #BE4978 #BE9049

monochromatic

#256168 #358B95 #49B2BE #76C5CE #A3D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49B2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#49B2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2BE

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2BE	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.097 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9d1',
    500: '#49b2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2be;
$custom-light: #88c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.154,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70761,
    "c": 0.09681,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2BE

secondary

#CB9D98

accent

#5F51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2BE

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

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