#49B4BC#49B4BC

#49B4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.097 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4BC
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -27.91, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 30.88, 205.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0902 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.097 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1422, 37.6869, 53.3584)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4BC #BC5149

analogous

#49BC8A #49B4BC #497ABC

triadic

#49B4BC #BC49B4 #B4BC49

tetradic

#49B4BC #8A49BC #BC5149 #7ABC49

square

#49B4BC #8A49BC #BC5149 #7ABC49

split-complementary

#49B4BC #BC497A #BC8A49

monochromatic

#256165 #368C92 #49B4BC #76C6CC #A2D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#49B4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4BC

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4BC	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.097 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbd0',
    500: '#49b4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4bc;
$custom-light: #88cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.174,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71169,
    "c": 0.09737,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4BC

secondary

#CA9B97

accent

#5B52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4BC

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

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