#49B3BC#49B3BC

#49B3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3BC
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -27.41, -13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 30.63, 206.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0892 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.097 203)
XYZ	xyz(27.9410, 37.2846, 53.2913)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3BC #BC5249

analogous

#49BC8B #49B3BC #4979BC

triadic

#49B3BC #BC49B3 #B3BC49

tetradic

#49B3BC #8B49BC #BC5249 #79BC49

square

#49B3BC #8B49BC #BC5249 #79BC49

split-complementary

#49B3BC #BC4979 #BC8B49

monochromatic

#256065 #368B92 #49B3BC #76C6CC #A2D8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#49B3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#49B3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3BC

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3BC	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cad0',
    500: '#49b3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3bc;
$custom-light: #88cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.696,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70928,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.37288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3BC

secondary

#CA9B97

accent

#5C52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3BC

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

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