#49B4BA#49B4BA

#49B4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.097 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4BA
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -28.48, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 30.98, 203.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0911 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.097 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9281, 37.6012, 52.2308)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4BA #BA4F49

analogous

#49BA87 #49B4BA #497BBA

triadic

#49B4BA #BA49B4 #B4BA49

tetradic

#49B4BA #8749BA #BA4F49 #7BBA49

square

#49B4BA #8749BA #BA4F49 #7BBA49

split-complementary

#49B4BA #BA497B #BA8749

monochromatic

#266063 #368B8F #49B4BA #75C6CB #A2D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#49B4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4BA

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4BA	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.097 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbce',
    500: '#49b4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4ba;
$custom-light: #88cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.186,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71097,
    "c": 0.09715,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4BA

secondary

#C89996

accent

#5A53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4BA

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

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