#49B3BF#49B3BF

#49B3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.097 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3BF
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -26.54, -15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 30.57, 209.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0879 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.097 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2678, 37.4153, 55.0122)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3BF #BF5549

analogous

#49BF90 #49B3BF #4978BF

triadic

#49B3BF #BF49B3 #B3BF49

tetradic

#49B3BF #9049BF #BF5549 #78BF49

square

#49B3BF #9049BF #BF5549 #78BF49

split-complementary

#49B3BF #BF4978 #BF9049

monochromatic

#256269 #358C96 #49B3BF #76C6CF #A4D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#49B3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#49B3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3BF

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3BF	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.097 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cad2',
    500: '#49b3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3bf;
$custom-light: #89cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71039,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3BF

secondary

#CC9D98

accent

#5E50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3BF

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

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