#49B2BF#49B2BF

#49B2BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.097 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2BF
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -26.04, -15.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 30.37, 210.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0868 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.097 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0681, 37.0159, 54.9457)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2BF #BF5649

analogous

#49BF91 #49B2BF #4977BF

triadic

#49B2BF #BF49B2 #B2BF49

tetradic

#49B2BF #9149BF #BF5649 #77BF49

square

#49B2BF #9149BF #BF5649 #77BF49

split-complementary

#49B2BF #BF4977 #BF9149

monochromatic

#256169 #358B96 #49B2BF #76C5CF #A4D8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#49B2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#49B2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2BF

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2BF	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)

#A4ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.097 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c9d2',
    500: '#49b2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2bf;
$custom-light: #89c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.61,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70798,
    "c": 0.09705,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2BF

secondary

#CC9E98

accent

#5F50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2BF

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