#49B3BD#49B3BD

#49B3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.097 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3BD
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -27.12, -14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 30.60, 207.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0887 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.097 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0492, 37.3278, 53.8610)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3BD #BD5349

analogous

#49BD8D #49B3BD #4979BD

triadic

#49B3BD #BD49B3 #B3BD49

tetradic

#49B3BD #8D49BD #BD5349 #79BD49

square

#49B3BD #8D49BD #BD5349 #79BD49

split-complementary

#49B3BD #BD4979 #BD8D49

monochromatic

#256166 #358B93 #49B3BD #76C6CD #A3D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#49B3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#49B3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3BD

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3BD	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.097 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cad0',
    500: '#49b3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3bd;
$custom-light: #88cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.172,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70965,
    "c": 0.09704,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3BD

secondary

#CA9C97

accent

#5D51D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3BD

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

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