#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
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -30.73, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 31.79, 194.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0945 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.097 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1013, 37.2705, 47.8765)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##49B4B2	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49B4B2

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

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