#49B3BB#49B3BB

#49B3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3BB
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -27.70, -13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 30.67, 205.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0896 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.097 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8336, 37.2416, 52.7256)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3BB #BB5149

analogous

#49BB8A #49B3BB #497ABB

triadic

#49B3BB #BB49B3 #B3BB49

tetradic

#49B3BB #8A49BB #BB5149 #7ABB49

square

#49B3BB #8A49BB #BB5149 #7ABB49

split-complementary

#49B3BB #BB497A #BB8A49

monochromatic

#256064 #368A91 #49B3BB #76C6CC #A2D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#49B3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#49B3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3BB

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3BB	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cacf',
    500: '#49b3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3bb;
$custom-light: #88cacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.211,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70892,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3BB

secondary

#C99A97

accent

#5C53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3BB

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

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