#49B3BE#49B3BE

#49B3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.097 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3BE
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -26.83, -14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 30.58, 208.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0883 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.097 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1581, 37.3714, 54.4347)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3BE #BE5449

analogous

#49BE8F #49B3BE #4979BE

triadic

#49B3BE #BE49B3 #B3BE49

tetradic

#49B3BE #8F49BE #BE5449 #79BE49

square

#49B3BE #8F49BE #BE5449 #79BE49

split-complementary

#49B3BE #BE4979 #BE8F49

monochromatic

#256168 #358C95 #49B3BE #76C6CE #A3D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#49B3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#49B3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3BE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3BE	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)

#A6ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.097 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cad1',
    500: '#49b3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3be;
$custom-light: #89cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.641,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71002,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3BE

secondary

#CB9D98

accent

#5D51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3BE

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

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