#49B4BF#49B4BF

#49B4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.098 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4BF
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -27.04, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 30.79, 208.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.089 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.098 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4689, 37.8176, 55.0793)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4BF #BF5449

analogous

#49BF8F #49B4BF #4979BF

triadic

#49B4BF #BF49B4 #B4BF49

tetradic

#49B4BF #8F49BF #BF5449 #79BF49

square

#49B4BF #8F49BF #BF5449 #79BF49

split-complementary

#49B4BF #BF4979 #BF8F49

monochromatic

#256269 #358D96 #49B4BF #76C7CF #A4D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#49B4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#49B4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4BF

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4BF	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)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.098 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cad2',
    500: '#49b4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4bf;
$custom-light: #89cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.593,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7128,
    "c": 0.09787,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4BF

secondary

#CC9D98

accent

#5D50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4BF

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

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