#49B4BE#49B4BE

#49B4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.098 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4BE
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -27.33, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 30.81, 207.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0894 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.098 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3592, 37.7737, 54.5017)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4BE #BE5349

analogous

#49BE8E #49B4BE #497ABE

triadic

#49B4BE #BE49B4 #B4BE49

tetradic

#49B4BE #8E49BE #BE5349 #7ABE49

square

#49B4BE #8E49BE #BE5349 #7ABE49

split-complementary

#49B4BE #BE497A #BE8E49

monochromatic

#256268 #358D95 #49B4BE #76C7CE #A3D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#49B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#49B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4BE

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4BE	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.098 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cad1',
    500: '#49b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4be;
$custom-light: #89cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.128,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71243,
    "c": 0.09768,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4BE

secondary

#CB9C98

accent

#5C51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4BE

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

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