#49B4B2#49B4B2

#49B4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.097 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B4B2
RGBrgb(73, 180, 178)
HSLhsl(179, 42%, 50%)
HSVhsv(179, 59%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(59.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(67.48, -30.73, -8.15)
CIE-LCHlch(67.48, 31.79, 194.86°)
OKLaboklab(70.82% -0.0945 -0.0226)
OKLCHoklch(70.82% 0.097 193.5)
XYZxyz(27.1013, 37.2705, 47.8765)
Luminance0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B4B2 #B4494B
analogous
#49B47D #49B4B2 #4980B4
triadic
#49B4B2 #B249B4 #B4B249
tetradic
#49B4B2 #7D49B4 #B4494B #80B449
square
#49B4B2 #7D49B4 #B4494B #80B449
split-complementary
#49B4B2 #B44980 #B47D49
monochromatic
#265D5C #378887 #49B4B2 #74C7C5 #9FD8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48
#49B4B2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45
#49B4B2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4B2
8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B4B2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B4B21.002.488.458.45
#FFFFFF2.481.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4521.001.001.00
##0000008.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9ACB2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#989FB3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.097 193.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbc9',
    500: '#49b4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b4b2;
$custom-light: #88cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.879,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70816,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B4B2
secondary
#C59495
accent
#5658D2
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F8F8
border
#CBD1D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#49B4B2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva